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  • Fylstende and geécende and gewémende

    adstipulans,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 40.
to allure to
what is right, desirable
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  • Oft mon sceal ðone welegan ofermódan tó him loccian mid líðelicre ólicunga, for ðǽm ðæt hé hine tó ryhte geweeme (-wéme,

    v. l.) nonnunquam superbus dives exhortationis blandimento placandus est,

      Past. 183, 20.

  • His þeáwas tó Godes willan gewéman,

      R. Ben. 99, 20.

  • His leóda tó Gode gewéman,

      Hml. S. 26, 51.

  • Tó þan sóþan geleáfan gewǽmed,

      Lch. iii. 442, 6.
what is wrong, undesirable
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  • Hwí woldest þú ámyrran mín áncennedan sunu þurh þínne drýcræft and tó þínum Críste gewéman,

      Hml. S. 4, 199.
to allure from
what is right, desirable
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  • Gif úre mágas willað us gewéman fram Críste,

      Hex. 40, 29.

  • Gehwylce men þe hé mihte hé ongan gewéman (lǽran,

    v. l.

    ) fram his neósunge,
      Gr. D. 117, 11.
what is wrong, undesirable
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  • Hé wæs biddende ꝥ heó Chrisantum gewémde fram Críste mid sprǽce,

      Hml. S. 35, 86.
  • Gif þú wille þínne sunu gewéman fram Críste, 40.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wéman.” 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/50420.

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