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ge-rec

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Add: and gerecu, e ; f. ( see Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 3).
rule, government
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  • Micelne fultum gereces

    (maximum regendi auxilium)

    héo on him gemétte,
      Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 19.

  • He seofontíne winter on bisceoplicum gerece fore wæs

    decem ac septem annos eidem prouinciae pontificali regimine praeesset,

      2, 15; Sch. 177, 6.

  • Heó onféng þám gerece þæs mynstres,

      4, 6; Sch. 384, 2 : 5, 20; Sch. 673, 23.

  • On his mynstre þe hé hæfde under gerece Cúðbaldes þæs abbudes,

      5, 19 ; Sch. 672, 16.

  • Þú nystest mid hwilcan (hwelcere, v. l.) gerece God wylt þisse worulde

    quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur oblitus es,

      Bt. 5, 3 ; F. 14, 3.

  • Mid þám ilcan gerece is gereaht gewrixle þæs flódes and þæs ebban pelagus regens, 21 ; F. 74, 29. Ia. a rule, decree :-- Gerec

    decretum,

      Germ. 398, 49.
an orderly condition, a quiet time [cf. O. H. Ger. in allen ge-rechen sín florere]
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  • Gefylsta on gerecum adiutor in oportunitatibus, Ps. Rdr. 9, 10 : 22 : Ps. Spl. 9 second, l. Geræcum, 9, 9. [

    The Latin word seems to have been misunderstood in a favourable sense,

    cf. gefultumend æt ǽlcere ðearfe,
      Ps. Th. 9, 10, and see un-gerec.
    ]
an explanation, exposition, account
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  • Be emnihte æfter Anatalius gerece (race, v. l.) áne bóc

    de aequinoctio iuxta Anatolium una epistola,

      Bd. 5, 23 ; Sch. 698, 2.
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v. in-gerec, un-gerec.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rec.” 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/49313.

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