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ge-líþewǽcan

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ge-líþewǽcan, l. ge-liþewǽcan, ge-leoþewǽcan,
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to make pliant or
flexible, restore the activity of
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  • Of slápe geliðewáhtum liðum wé árísað somno refectis artubus surgimus, Hy. S. 14, 20. I a. to refresh, revive :-- Geliþewǽc ús þínum bénum

    releva nos tuis precibus,

      Hy. S. 129, 8.
to mitigate, soften the rigour or
severity of, calm the violence of
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  • Hé sceal forberan réðra manna angin, þæt hé ðurh his líðnesse heora graman geliðewǽce, Hml. Th. ii. 532, II. Tó geliþewǽcan (-lioðe-, Hpt. Gl. 455, l) wódnesse

    ad sedandam uesaniam,

      An. Ox. 2056.

  • Scúrum geliþewǽhte

    (incendia) imbribus sopita, i. mitigata,

    4031.
to make to suit a purpose,
adapt (?)
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  • Hé geliþewǽhte tó geleáfan heora wurðfullan templ

    he adapted their magnificent temples to the service of the Christian faith,

      Hml. S. 31, 482.
to become pliant
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  • Geliþewǽhte

    lentesceret,

      An. Ox. 3108.
to become gentle
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  • Geleoþewǽcan mitescere (cruenta severitas

    mitescere

    non novit,
      Aid. 68, ii), An. Ox. 4791. v. leoþu-wác, and previous word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-líþewǽcan.” 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/48705.

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