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ge-þolian

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to suffer what is evil,
be subjected to.
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  • Sáules his loswist geðolas

    animae suae detrimentum paliatur,

      Mt. L. 16, 26.

  • Ðá ðe oehtnisse geðolas fore sóðfæstnisse,

      5, 10.

  • Blódes flóuing geðolade,

      9, 20.

  • Hé earfeðu geþolade, láðlicne deáð,

      Cri. 1173.
  • Hleór geþolade árleásra spátl, 1435.

  • Torn geþolode wine Scyldinga,

      B. 147.

  • Þám be teónan geþoledan

    injuriam patientibus,

      Ps. Th. 145, 6.

  • Hú mihtest þú sittan on middum gemǽnum ríce ꝥ þú ne sceoldest ꝥ ilce geþolian ꝥ óðre men?,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 23, 18: 31, 1; F. 110, 26.

  • Ádreógan wíte, wræc geþolian,

      Cri. 1515.

  • Feolo geðolega

    multa pati,

      Mt. L. 16, 21.

  • Geðoliga (giðoelge,

      R.), Mk. 8, 31.

  • Geðolia ł geðrowia,

      Lk. L. 9, 22.
of things
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  • Ríc heofna mægen geðolas

    regnum coelorum vim patitur,

      Mt. L. 11, 12.
to suffer what is salutary,
undergo treatment
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  • Feolo geðolade

    fuerat multa perpesa,

      Mk. L. 5, 26.
to bear evil, be patient under, submit to
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  • Ic þæt sár for þé þurh eáðmédu eall geþolade, hosp and hearmcwide,

      Cri. 1443.

  • Tó ðǽm ðæt hié gehealden ðá strenge ðǽre geðylde ... geðencen hié nú monig yfel úre Dryhten geðolode (

    pertulit

    ),
      Past. 261, 4.

  • Geþola þeóda þreá, nis seó þráh micel þæt þé hí swencan mótan,

      An. 107.

  • Ne mæg hé nó ryhtlíce geðyld lǽran, búton hé self geðyldelíce óðerra monna tiónan geðolige (

    tolerare

    ),
      Past. 217, 4.

  • Ðæt hié lustlíce ðæt geswinc ðǽra costunga forsión and geðolien,

      407, 29.

  • Flítera fácna hé geþolede

    scismaticorum strofas pertulerit,

      An. Ox. 2897.

  • Ðonne ðaes sellendan mód ne cann ðá wǽdelnesse geðolian

    cum dantis mens ferre inopiam nescit,

      Past. 325, 15.

  • Þý éþ geþolian swá hwæt earfoþnessa swá ús on becóme,

      Bt. 10; F. 30, 12: 7, 2; F. 18, 25.

  • Nis mé earfeðe tó geþolianne þeódnes willan,

      Gú. 1039.
to tolerate what is not approved, bear what is not pleasing,
endure a condition
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  • Hé earfoðlíce geþolode þæt hé dógora gehwám dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle,

      B. 87.

  • Hé ne mæg geðolian ðæt hine menn forsión

    despectionem ferre non potest,

      Past. 217, 10.

  • Se eorl nolde yrhðo geþolian,

      By. 6.
  • Þæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne þæt hé þá menigeo geseah hweorfan fram helltrafum. An. 1691.
to suffer the doing or happening of something,
allow to take place
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  • Unáscendedo uosa giðolaðes

    inlesos esse patiaris,

      Rtl. 114, 7.

  • Ne giðole ðu from ðǽr unápínedlíce ꝥte sié áboren

    nec patiaris ab illa inpune bajulari,

      113, 36.
intrans.
To remain, stop, wait, continue,
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  • Geðoligas (giðoeligas, R., gebídað, W. S.) hér

    sustinete hic,

      Mk. L. 14, 34.
of things,
to stick, cleave
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  • Cembe heó hyre feax; ꝥ þær on þám cambe geþolige, gesomnige (cf. ꝥ feax þe on þám cambe cleofige, somnige, 21)

    let her comb her hair; the hair that sticks in the comb let her collect,

      Lch. i. 332, 14.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-þulan: O. Sax. gi-tholón.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þolian.” 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/50129.

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