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ge-twǽman

  • verb
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intrans.
(recip.) To separate
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  • Healde gehwá his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ hí búta geceósan ꝥ hí getwǽman,

      Ll. Th. ii. 300, 28.
to separate one thing from another,
with gen., to prevent from action, v. ge-twǽfan,
. Mé Hagenan hand getwǽmde féðewigges, Vald. 2, 16.
with prep.
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  • Gif úre mágas willað ús getwéman (-wéman,

    v.l.

    ) fram
      Críste, Hex. 40, 29.
  • Swá ꝥ úre Drihten wurde getwǽmed (-twémed,

    v.l.

    ) fram his heofonlican fæder,
      Hml. A. 59, 198.
to end a dispute,
settle a case.
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v. getwǽfan,
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  • Cnut frið and freóndscipe betweox Denum and Englum fullíce gefæstnode and heora ǽrran saca ealle getwǽmde,

      Ll. Lbmn. 278, 9.
  • Beó eallum crístenum mannum sib and sóm gemǽne, and ǽlc sacu getwǽmed,

      Wlfst, 118, 3.
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