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peaceable, pacific, not disposed to quarrel
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  • Ꝥ se man hæbbe ðá soóan lufe on his móde . , . and beó gesibsum, geðyldig, and ðolmód,

      Hml. S. 17, 55.

  • Se gesibsuma lǽfð symle yrfeweard æfter him

    sunt reliquiae homini pacifico,

      Ps. Th. 36, 36.

  • Hié wǽron swá geþwǽre and swá gesibsume þæt hié ealle forgeáfon þǽm cásere þá fǽhðe,

      Ors. 6, 4; S. 258, 27.

  • Gesibsume

    pacatos.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 76.
at peace, not in conflict
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  • Þeóda him betweónum búton þeówdóme gesibbsume wǽron

    nations were at peace with one another without one being the slaves of the other,

      Ors. 10 ; S. 50,
that brings about peace
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  • Gesibsuma God gemetgaþ ealla gesceafta and geþwǽraþ þá hé betwuh him winnaþ

    haec concordia temperat aequis elementa modis . . . pugnantia,

      Bt. 39, 13 ; F. 234, 9.
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v. un-gesibsum.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sibsum.” 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/49658.

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