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ge-líffæstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-líffæstan, ge-líffæstian; p. ge-líffæste, ge-líffæstade; pp. ge-líffæst, ge-líffæsted.
to make alive.
of physical life
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  • Se Fæder áwecð þá deádan and gelíffæst,

      Jn. 5, 21.

  • Þurh þone gást syndon gelíffæste ealle þá gesceafta þe se Fæder gesceóp,

      Hml. A. 2, 20.
of spiritual life
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  • Þú gelíffæst mé

    viuificabis me,

      Ps. L. 137, 7: 142, II.
    Swá hwylc swá his sáwle forspilþ, sé hig gelíffæstað, Lk. (W.S., L.,R.) 17, 33.

  • Þá gelíffæstodest mé,

      Ps. L. 118, 93.

  • Ðe ilca sáuel his gilíffæstade,

      Rtl. 10, 24.

  • Geliffæsta mé,

      Ps. L. 118, 25.

  • Gilíffæsted gáste

    vivificatos spiritu,

      Rtl. 21, 34.
to keep alive
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  • Drihten hine gehylt, and hine gelíffæst, and gedéð hine gesǽligne on eorðan,

      Ps. Th. 40, 2.
to make active, quicken
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  • Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, and sóna heora ylda gelíffæsted wæs and geleáfa, and seó clǽnnes onféng, 61.
  • H. 163, 18.
to endow with active properties
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  • Ic wæs gemedemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre deórwurðan and þǽre gelíffæstan róde,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 467.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-líffæstan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48679.

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