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ge-méde

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Substitute: ge-méde, es; pl. (used sometimes with singular meaning) ge-médu ; n. That which is agreeable to one (gen.) or in conformity with one's will, pleasure
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  • Bútan sum heora freónda þá land furþor, on þæs arcebisceopes geméde (

    as may be agreeable to the archbishop), ofgán mage, Cht. Th. 355, 23. [Gif áni land sý out of þan bissopríche gedón, ich wille ꝥ hit cume in ongeán, óðer ꝥ man hit ofgó on hise gemóð swó man wið him bet finde mage si quid inde fuerit sublatum, volumus quod revocetur, vel quod aliter ei satisfaciat, 387, 23.] Se cyng gebécte ꝥ land Æðelstáne . . . Æfter þám getídde ꝥ Ecgferð gebohte bóc and land æt Æðelstáne on cynges gewitnesse and his witena, swá his gemédo wǽron [as was agreeable to the king.i. e. the king was satisfied with the transaction ),

      208, 9.

  • Eádgár cyning beád ǽlcon his þegna þe énig land on þan lande hafde, ꝥ hí hit ofeódon be þes biscopes gemédon (

    in conformity with the bishop's will)

    oððe hit ágefon.
      295, 12.

  • Ðǽr þá eádigan fundon mid ealra gemédum (

    to the satisfaction of all)

    þás dómas,
      Ll. Th. i. 36, 12.

  • Nó hér cúðlícor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, mága gemédu (what their pleasure might be), B. 247. [Themu manne te gimódea

    for the satisfaction of the man,

      Hél. 3207.
  • O. H. Ger. ge-muati what is agreeable.] See next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-méde.” 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/48852.

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