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ge-mǽrsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to make known or
famous, spread the fame of a person
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  • Ðá ilco gemérsadon

    (diffamaverunt)

    hine in alle eorðe ðý,
      Mt. L. 9, 31.

  • Ðes gemérsað wæs mið hine

    hic diffamatus est apud ilium,

      Lk. L. 16, l.
to noise abroad, make widely known a matter,
spread the fame of
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  • Gimérsia

    praedicare.

      Rtl. 30, 37.

  • Ríc Godes gemérsad bið ł áboden bið

    (euangelizatur),

      Lk. L. 16, 16.

  • Gemérsad

    (divulgatum)

    is word ðis,
      Mt. p. 20, 5.

  • Wæs gemérsad mérsong of him in all stóue ðæs londes,

      Lk. L. 4, 37.
  • Wéron gemérsad alle worda ðás, l, 65.
III. to celebrate a fast, festival, rite, & c., perform with due honour: — Þ te ðis fæstin oestlicre hérnise wé gimérsia,
    Rtl. 9, 31.
Færma drihtenlico gemérsad aron coenae dominicae celebrantur, Lk. p. 11, 3. ¶ The word glosses
uapuldre in Lk. p. 7, 19
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  • Esne . . . huónum gemérsia gefæstnað

    seruum . . . paucis uapulare confirmat.

    In the text,
      Lk. 12, 47, uapulabit is glossed gesuuincgde ł gemǽnde.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mǽrsian.” 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/48804.

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