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ge-strínan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Take here ge-streónan, ge-strýnan in Dict., and add: -strínian; pp. od.
to acquire, get by effort
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  • Ðá ðe willað sellan ðæt hí gestrínalt (-striénað,

    v.l.) qui sua tribuunt,

      Past. 335, 3.

  • Dúne þá þe begęt ł gestreónde

    (adquisiuit)

    his swýðre,
      Ps. L. 77, 54.

  • Ðeáh hié hit hrædlíce ætsomne ne gestriéndon

    (quidquid eorum nequitia nec simul nec repente congregavit),

    hié hit ðeáh swíðe hrædlíce aetsomne forluron,
      Past. 333, 18.

  • Ðá ðe witan willað hwæt hié sellað, and nyllað wietan mid hwelcum woo hié hit gestriéndon

    qui quanta largiuntur aspiciunt, sed quantum rapiunt nan perpendunt,

      343, 23.

  • Gestrión

    adquire (prudentiam),

      Kent. Gl. 63.

  • Þ [man] þǽre flǽscun geweorð on fisce gestriéne let the worth of the meat be got in fish, Cht. Th. 159, Gestríned adquisita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 58. I a. to get as advantage or profit, gain :-- Þú gestreónest bróðer ðín

    lucratus eris fratrem tuum,

      Mt. R. 18, 15.

  • Hé monncynnes mǽst gestriénde (-strýnde,

    v.l.

    ) rodra wearde,
      Past. 9, ii. Hé gestriónde (gestriónende wæs, L.) óþre féfe, Mt. R. 25, 16.
  • Gestreónde, 17.

  • Hwæt helpeð menn ðeáh þe hé middengeard ealne gestreóne (-strióna, L.)

    quod prodest homini si mundum universum lucretur,

      16, 26.

  • Gestriéne, Past. 331, II. Wénþ ꝥ hit hæbbe sum heálic gód gestrýned

    videntur quondam clari-tudinem comparare,

      Bt. 24, 3; F. 82, 23.

  • Þínum gewritum sáwle beóþ gestrínode

    (lucrantur),

      Hy. S. 73, 15. ¶ In Mt. L. 21, 41 the word glosses locare (which is confused with lucrari ?).
to lay up treasure
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  • Sé ðe gistrióneð (-að, L.)

    qui thesaurizat,

      Lk. R. 12, 21.

  • Gistriónde

    thesaurizavit,

      Rtl. 45, 33.

  • Nællas gié gestriónaige (=? gestreóna ł gestriónige)

    nolite thesaurizare,

      Mt. L. 6, 19.
to get children,
beget
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  • Cende ł gestriónde

    genuit,

      Mt. L. l, 2.

  • Hé bearn gestrínde be his gebeddan,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 21.

  • Gestriéne,

      Past. 43, 14.

  • Gestríne,

      42, 13.

  • Gestrénen

    procreare, i. generare,

      An. Ox. 3387.

  • Tó gestriénanne,

      Past. 399, 4.

  • Ǽlcon men þe on þysan lífe byá gestreóned,

      Hml. S. 23, 597.
  • Strong gestrýned. Seel. 45.

  • Þeáh manige bearn beóþ gestrýned,

      Bt. 31, l; F. 112, 9.
  • (O.H.Ger. ge-striunen ; p. ita lucrari.)
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-strínan.” 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/49833.

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