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ge-wídmǽrsian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to spread the fame of a person
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  • His nama wearð gewfdmǽrsod wíde geond þæt land

    nomen ejus uulgatum est in omni terra,

      Jos. 6, 2f.
to spread the knowledge of a fact, event, &c. ,
to publish, promulgate
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  • Ðá hyrdas þá heofenlican gesihíe gewídmǽrsodon,

      Hml. Th. i. 36, 13.

  • Riht gewídmǽrsion

    legem promulgare,

      An. Ox. 1305.
to make known what is unfavourable or should be concealed
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  • Mid andetnesse suman gástlicum bréder þe . . . his sáule wundela gehǽlan cunne and hí gewídmǽrsian

    (publicare)

    nelle,
      R. Ben. 72, 7.

  • Ofermódnesse gewídmǽrsodre

    insolentiam iraductam,

      An. Ox. 8, 391.
intrans.
To become widely known, be celebrated
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  • Wíde springaþ, gewídmǽrsiaþ

    crebresctint (catholicoritm hades'),

      An. Ox. 2769.

  • Lá hú ne gewídmǽrsude

    nonne percrebruit (Anthonius),

    2374 : 2840.

  • Cnæplingc ofer eal gewídmǽrsude

    (cum) puer late crebresceret,

    2585. See preceding word for other examples.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wídmǽrsian.” 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/50466.

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