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ge-warenian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Take here ge-warnian, ge-wearnian in Dict., and add:
to warn a person,
put on guard
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  • Críst gewarnode his apostolas þysum wordum: '

    Vigilate ...,

    '
      Hml. A. 49, 4.

  • Hét hé áwritan hú hine gewarnode Mardocheus, 95, 125. ꝥ hé sí gewarnod fram him

    ut videatur ab ipso,

      R. Ben. I. 76, 7.

  • Ðurh þæt wyrð mǽst manna beswicen þe hý ne beóð swá wel gewarnode ǽr swá hý beðorfton. Lá! hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. I a.

    to warn

    a person against something :-- Folc wið synna gewarnian,
      Ll. Th. ii. 326, 42.
used reflexively,
to be on one's guard, take heed
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  • Hí swícað þám preóste búton hé hine gewarnige,

      Angl. viii. 333, 2.

  • Ic eów warnige ... ꝥ gé eów gewarnion, and geornlíce gýmon hwǽr se móna beó, 329, 20. II a.

    to be on one's guard

    against something :-- Ǽlc gleáw mód hit gewarenaþ wiþ heora þreáunga,
      Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 24.

  • Hé on ðæt lond faran wolde. Ac hié þá landleóde wið ꝥ gewarnedon, and him mid firde angeán fóran,

      Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 21.
to ward off something
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  • Fultum tó gewearnienne and tó wiðscúfanne swá réþre hergunge

    praesidium ad euitandas uel repellendas tam feras inruptiones,

      Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 18.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-warenian.” 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/50385.

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