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§7; §43; §51; §110; §211; §212; §214; §232; §240; §268; §309; §310; §334;
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help in danger or difficulty
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  • Þæt ic þé tó geóce gárholt bere,

      B. 1834.

  • Ne mæg þǽre sáwle þe bið synna ful gold tó geóce,

      Seef. 101.

  • Ðé wearð máðma cyst (

    a sword

    ) gifeðe tó eóce unc,
      Vald. 1, 25.

  • Geóce gelýfde brega Beorhtdena,

      B. 608.
  • Byrne ne meahte gárwigan geóce gefremman, 2674.

  • Gearo wæs sé him geóce gefremede . . heora feorh generede metodes weard, Dan. 233. I a.

    the divine help

    asked in prayer :-- Ic ðé georne gebide géce and miltse,
      Txts. 174, 1.

  • Hú sceal mín cuman gǽst tó geóce, nemne ic Gode sylle hýrsume hige,

      Gú. 338.

  • Hé geóce fricle,

      Hpt. 33, 71, 10.

  • Þára þe geóce tó him séceð,

      An. 1154.

  • Sé ðe him tó ðám hálgan helpe gelífeð, tó Gode gióce,

      Vald. 2, 28.
consolation in sorrow or trouble,
comfort
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  • Flǽsc þæt seó fǽmne gebær geómrum tó geóce,

      Cri. 124.

  • Frófre gǽst in Gúðláces geóce gewunade,

      Gú. 108.

  • Gehátan geómrum gáste geóce oððe frófre,

      Seel. 108.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geóc.” 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/49100.

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