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ge-neósian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to visit a person,
come for the sake of intercourse to
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  • Hé geneósode ðá burunware ðurh his menniscnysse,

      Hml. Th. i. 404, 21.

  • Hé wolde hellwara geneósian,

      480, 26.

  • Hé wolde þone hálgan geneósian and wiþ gesprecan veniebat ad verbocinium beati viri, Guth. Gr. 153, 2. I a. to visit the sick :-- Heó untrume menn mihte gehǽlan, swá hwylcne swá heó geneósode licgende on sáre, Hml. S. 2, 130,' Ic wæs geuntrumod, and gé mé geneósodon (visitastis, Mt. 25, 36)' . . . ' Hwænne gesáwe wé ðé untrumne, and wé ðé geneósodon

    (venimus ad te,

      Mt. 25, 39) ?,' Hml. Th. ii. 108, 7-13.

  • Utan seóce geneósian, Wlfst. 119, 9 : Guth. Gr. 163, 49. I b.

    to come in a vision to

    :-- Þás geneósode se hǽlend, and hét hí gán tó þám cwearterne,
      Hml. S. 4, 231. Ic.

  • God þá geneósode

    (visitavit)

      Sarran, and gefylde hys word, Gen. 21, l.
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  • Þ seó upplice gifu hine geneósode,

      Gr. D. 38, 7.

  • Hé wearð geneósod þurh God, and se hálga gást hét hine faran tó Alexandria byrig,

      Hml. S. 15, ll.
to visit a place or thing,
come for the sake of doing
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  • Hé geneósode Benedictes mynster gelómlíce

    ejus monasterium frequentabat,

      Gr. D. 170, l.
    Úre Dryhten ðysne middangeard þurh sóðe menniscnysse geneósode, Hml. Th. i. 56, 29.

  • Send þínne engel on fýrenum wolcne, þæt þá embgange ealle þás ceastre þæt ne magen geneósian for þǽm fýre,

      Bl. H. 245, 30.

  • Geneo[sian]

    adisse, i. uisitasse (parodisi delitias),

      An. Ox. 1954.

  • Brádnysse geneósod (heremi) uastitatem adgressus, i. uisi-tatus, 3637. ¶ with gen. :-- Hé geneahhe geneósode his mynstres

    ejus monasterium frequentabat,

      Gr. D. 170, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-neósian.” 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/49033.

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