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meet, fitting, proper as a matter of duty
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  • Ꝥ þes móte beón eall swá rihta wyrðe, ꝥ inc byð bám þearflic for Gode and eác gerysenlic for worolde,

      Cht. E. 232, 23.

  • Ꝥ égo lǽreð blíðe wére gerisnelic

    oculum docet simplicem esse debere,

      Lk. p. 7, 10, 17.

  • Ne wére gerisnelic ł reht tó unbindanne

    non oportuit solui,

      Lk. L. 13, 16.

  • Gehrisnelic woere gefeáge

    oportebat gaudere,

      15, 32.
suitable, suited to one's needs
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  • Gif þeós níwe lár ówiht cúðlicre and gerisenlicre brenge

    si haec noua doctrina certius aliquid attulit,

      Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 166, 8.
deserving honour, honest, creditable
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  • Ðonne mon hwæt ryhtlices and gerisenlices geðencð

    quando qua justa, qua honesta cogitantur,

      Past. 155, 24.

  • Ðeáh ðe ful monige mid gerisenlicum weorcum

    (honesta actione)

    árísen from eorðan,
      157, 8. v. un-gerisenlic.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-risenlic.” 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/49410.

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