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ge-liþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-liþian, ge-leoþian; p. ode
To unloose, relax, release
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  • Hé his sylfes wyllan geleoðode (-liðode, v. l.) in him sylfum þǽre blisse geweald

    sponte sibi laetitiae frena laxabat,

      Gr. D. 203, 26.
  • Þæt wé hwílon úre mód geliðian (-leoðigen, v. l.) . . . betweoh þás eorðlican carfulnysse, l, 9.

  • Mæg se biscop þæs mannes syngrína þurh Godes þafunge þe swýðor geliðian þe þus wile georne helpan him sylfan,

      Wlfst. 155, 26.

  • Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman

    sancta illa anima carne soluta est,

      Gr. D. 282, 17.

  • Seó geleoðode syn þǽre unhýrsumnesse wearð him tó deáde in þám wege

    peccatum inobedientiae in ipsa fuerit morte laxatum,

      294, 26.

  • Hé swá swýðe gebunden geare ongeat and georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad

    con-strictus nimis relaxari sejam posse desperabat,

      326, 12.
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v.  on-liþian ge-leoþian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-liþian.” 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/48706.

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