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  • Gewuna

    usus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 68.
referring to living creatures.
habitual action, wont, custom, habit
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  • Hí ǽghwér hergodon and bærndon swá heora gewuna wæs,

      Chr. 1009; P. 139, 16: 1016; P. 150, 17.

  • Ꝥ mé þincþ wiþerweard þing ǽlces monnes gewunan,

      Bt. 26, 2; F. 92, 25.

  • Gif him ǽnig wuht bið wið his gewunan,

      11, 1; F. 32, 19.

  • Hé dyde æfter his gewunan,

      Chr. 1085; P. 217, 9.

  • Hý dydon heora gewuna (-wunan,

    v. l.

    v. p. 295),
      1006; P. 137, 2.

  • Ealle gesceafta mótan heora gewunan bewitigan bútan mé ánum. Ic eom benumen mínra þeáwa and eom getogen tó fremdum þeáwum, Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 24. ¶ on gewunan bringan, habban; tó gewunan niman

    to make a practice of, to be in the habit of using or doing

    :-- Nú þincð heom þis syllic tó gehýranne, for þám þe hig habbað heora yrmðe swá on gewunan gebróht,
      Wlfst. 269, 28.

  • Ðá twá word, abrenunteo and

    credo,

    þe man æt fulluhtþénunge on gewunan hæfð,
      38, 9.

  • Wé willað ꝥ munecas regollícor libban þonne hí ǽr þisan on gewunan hæfdon,

      Ll. Th. i. 346, 28.

  • Ðá lytlan synna mon ne geléfð tó nánre synne, ac nimð hí tó gewunan

    minor culpa dum quasi nulla crediiur, in usu retinetur,

      Past. 437, 27.
habitual action in a specified connexion, practice of,
habit of
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  • Se forhwierfeda gewuna gemálicnesse,

      Past. 79, 19.

  • Ðisse eorðlican drohtunge gewuna

    humanae conversationis usus,

      169, 7.
a (person's)
habitual action, a habit, custom
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  • Ic wát ꝥ nán gewuna ne mæg nánum men beón onwended, ꝥ þæt mód ne sié be sumum dǽle onstyred

    omnis subita mutatio rerum non sine quodam quasi fluctu contingit animorum,

      Bt. 7, 1; F. 16, 23.

  • Hé eóde on þá gesamnunge æfter his gewunan (geuna,

      L., consuetudinem), Lk. 4, 16: 22, 39. (3 a) a custom of a number of people, a general practice :-- [Fæderli
    ]ces gewunan paternae traditionis (regulam servasse describuntur), An. Ox. 1627. (3 b) the habit of a class, manner :-- On eargra cempena gewunan

    timidorum more militum,

      An. Ox. 740.
custom, usage in official matters
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  • Hit is eówor gewuna (-uunæ, L.,

    consuetudo

    ) ꝥ ic forgyfe eów ánne mann on eástron,
      Jn. 18, 39.
custom in ceremonial,
ritual
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  • Of hǽþenum gewunan

    apostatico ritu (turificare ),

      An. Ox. 4920.

  • Man hine ðǽr gehádede efter þan ealdan gewunan,

      Chr. 1070; P. 204, 9.

  • Æfter heora gewunon hié God gebǽdon,

      Bl. H. 201, 12.
systematic arrangement, system, method
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  • Rómánisce leóde ongynnað heora geár æfter hǽðenum gewunan,

      Lch. iii. 246, 16.
referring to things,
wont, usual character of a thing
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  • Wæs ꝥ hús hwemdragen, nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ꝥ þá wágas wǽron rihte,

      Bl. H. 207, 18.

  • Ongeán gewunan

    contra (creaturae) ritum,

      An. Ox. 1820.
Similar entries
v. Eáster-gewuna, níd-gewuna, un-gewuna, weorold-gewuna.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wuna.” 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/50608.

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