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a collection of objects whether permanently or temporarily associated.
an assembly of persons,
congregation company
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  • Eal sió gesomnung (-sam-, v.l.) ðǽre hálgan ciricean

    cuncto congregatio ecclesiae,

      Past. 367, 6.

  • Heó hine geþeódde tó gesomnunge (-sam-, v.l.) þára Godes þeówa

    illum fratrum cohorti adsociauit,

      Bd. 4 24; Sch. 486, 9.

  • Mid þǽm ieldestum witum and eác micelre gesomnunge Godes þeówa,

      Ll. Th. i. 102, 6.

  • Untðdǽledlicre gesomnunge

    inseparabili (angelicae sodalitatis) collegio, i. congregatione,

      An. Ox 1027.

  • Hé underféng ðá hálgan gesomnunga (-sam-, v.l.) tó ymbhweorfanne

    susceptae ecclesiae colonus,

      Past. 293, 3.
  • (i a) as verbal noun (?) assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . , ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under
), Ll. Th. Í. 236, 17.
of things,
material,
a heap, mass
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  • Gesomnung

    congeries (gemmarum

    ], Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 38.

  • Gesamnung,

      18, II : Mt. p. 4, 3.
non-material,
a great number, multitude
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  • Be gesomnungum

    de congestu (de congesta virtutum copia,

      Ald. 45, 34), Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 24: 26 53.
a coming together, meeting, v. ge-samnian;
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  • Ne bið leófra gedál, ne láþra gesamnung,

    friends will not part, foes will no meet,

      Bl. H. 65, 20.
union, junction, v. ge-samnian;
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  • Godes circe þurh gesomninga sóðes and ryhtes beorhte blíceð, Cri 700. IV a. the union of marriage, v. ge-samnian ; IV b :-- Gesomnunge copulae (cf. carnalis

    copulae,

      Ald. 22, 22 : or 46, 23 : 61, 27) Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 55.

  • In þǽre ǽrestan geþeódnysse weres and wífes preóst. gedafenað ꝥ hé mæssan singe and ðá gesamnunga

    (conjugium)

    bletsige
      Ll. Th. ii. 154, 20.
  • Æt þám giftan sceal mæssepreóst beon; sé sceal mic Godes bletsunge heora gesomnunge gederian, i. 256, 7.
Etymology
[O.H.Ger. ge-samanung collectio, concio, congregatio.]
Similar entries
v. bóc-gesamnung, heáh-gesamnung, preóst-gesamnung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-samnung.” 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/49477.

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