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ge-wanian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Gewonede

    dempsit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 54.
  • Gewanude vel gelytlade

    deminute,

      138, 67.
the object material
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  • Geónet spéd bið gewanad

    substantia festinata minuetur,

      Kent. Gl. 441.
  • Gewane[dum] locca fexe

    dempta cincinnorum cesarię,

      An. Ox. 5047.
  • Gewanedum

    dempta,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 55.
the object non-material.
to lessen in extent, degree
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  • Hié sint tó manianne ðæt hié nó hiera fæsten ne gewanigen

    admonendi sunt, ut abstinentiam suam sine imminutione custodiant,

      Past. 315, 9.
  • Hit dereð ðæt sió sibb ne sié gewanod betwux ðǽm yfelum

    est noxium, si unitas non desit mails,

      361, 10.
  • Hé wénþ þæt his gesǽlþa sién oþþe suíþe gewanode oððe mid ealle forlorene,

      Bt. 11, 1; F. 32, 23.
to lessen in worth,
make inferior, degrade, depreciate
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  • Ðonne gewaniað hié ðone hád and gewemmað

    superioris loci meritum diminuunt,

      Past. 413, 2.
  • Se æht ðára gódra weorca, ðe hé ǽr beeóde, bið gewanod

    aestimatio anteacta minuitur,

      133, 23; Bt. 13; F. 38, 28: 35, 4; F. 162, 29.
  • Gewanedum

    effeta (voluntate )

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      An. Ox. 8, 280.
of wrongful diminution by encroachment, infringement, &c., or by withholding what should be given
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  • Ic geeácnode tó ðǽre ǽrran sylene ... nán ðǽra cyninga þe cumað æfter mé mid unrihte ðiss ne áwende oððe gewanige,

      C. D. iii. 61, 25.
  • Gyf hé ðisne minne sundorfreóls gewanige oððe gelytlige

    si quis hoc nostrum privilegium minuent vel dempserit,

      350, 16.
  • Wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr Godes gerihta, and ne dear man gewanian on hǽðenum þeódum ǽnig þǽra þinga þe gedwolgodon tó lácum betǽht bið,

      Wlfst. 157, 15.
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