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ge-þyncþ

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ge-þyncþ, ge-þyncþu.
Take here ge-þingþu;
in Dict., and add:
thriving, prosperous condition.
in temporal matters,
dignity, honour
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  • Ne maeg se mann módigan on geðincðum (-ðinðum,

    v. l.

    ) for ðan þe fela synd geþungenran,
      Hml. S. 16, 372.
  • Án woruldcynincg ne mæg been wurðful cynincg búton hé hæbbe þá geþincðe þe him gebyriað, p. 6, 61.
  • Hé swanc for heofonan ríce swíþor þonne hé hogode hú hé geheólde on worulde þá hwílwendlican geþincðu (-ðincða,

    v. l.

    ), þe hé hwónlíce lufode,
      26, 113.
in spiritual matters,
virtue, excellence
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  • Þá clǽnheortan þeónde beóð on hálgum geþingðum,

      Hml. A. 23, 223.
  • For hyre micclum geðingðum,

      25, 31.
  • Ne derode Ióbe náht þæs deófles costnung, ac fremode, for ðan ðe hé wæs fulfremedre on geþincðum and Gode neár æfter ðæs sceoccan éhtnysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 450, 2.
  • Þám hálgum mannum þe þurh miccle geðincða Gode geþungon, i. 540, 16.
advanced position.
of persons,
rank, status, degree
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  • Leáfhlestendra geþincþe

    catacuminorum gradu, i. ordine,

      An. Ox. 2191.
  • On heálicere démendre geþinhþe

    in alto tribunalis culmine,

    3456.
  • Geþinþe

    apice (Pontificatus praeditus ),

      5078, Þá
    unrihtwísan déman behealdaþ þá geðincþo ðæs mannes, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 26.
  • Ðæt hé ongité for hwæs geðyncðum ðæt folc sié genemned heord

    sub cujus aestimatione populus grex vocatur,

      Past. 75, 7.
  • Swǽ swǽ hé on geðyncðum bið furðor ðonne óðre

    sicut honore ordinis superat,

      80, 23.
  • Hit waes hwílum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum,

      Ll. Th. i. 190, 12.
  • Swá man bið mihtigra for worulde, oþþon þurh geþingða heárra on háde,

      328, 14.
  • On ðæm dóme ðæs ryhtwísan Déman onwent sió geearnung ðone hád and ðá geðyncðo

    in examine recti judicis muta merita ordinum qualitas actionum, Past. 411, 25. (1 a) of a thing personified :-- Þes dǽl (the participle) næfð nǽnne stede of him selfum, ac byð of worde ácenned, and becymð syþþan tó his ágenre geþingðe (-þincþe, v. l. ),

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 244, 18.
of things,
degree, grade
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  • Geþincþa

    graduum,

      An. Ox. 1404.
high degree of moral excellence
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  • Héhnysse, geþinþe fastigio (edito Virginitatis

    fastigio

    sublimati,
      Ald. 13, 36), An. Ox. 930.
  • Geþinþe proposito, i. gradu (in summo Virginitatis

    proposito,

      Ald. 14, 23), 968.
  • Gif heálicere eádmódnesse wé wylláð geþincðe hreppan

    si summe humilitatis volumus culmen adtingere,

      R. Ben. I. 27, 13.
  • v. leód-geþincþ, leód-geþincþu, weorold-geþincþ, weorold-geþincþu.
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