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Take here gýman in Dict., and add:
to take care of (gen. )
to treat so as not to injure
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  • Hit is fúllic þingc . . . þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra æt þám unþeáwe. . . , þæt hí ne gýmað heora sylfra, swá hí beþorfton, ac befýlað hí selfe,

      Wlfst. 305, 7-11.
to treat so
as to restore.
to cure. v. gím-ness;
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  • Ðone blindo gémeð

    caecum curat

    ,
      Mk. p. 3, 20 : Lk. p. 5, 10.

  • From crypelnise gémeð ł gehǽleð, l. Gémde unhǽlo,

      Mt. L. 9, 35.

  • Gémde ł hǽlde hiá

    curvit

    ,
      19, 2.

  • Léc- nade ł gémde,

      Mk. L. 1, 34.

  • Gémes

    curate

    ,
      Mt. L. 10, 8.

  • Gémað,

      Lk. 10, l 9.

  • Géme ł gelécnia

    curare

    ,
      Mt. L. 12, 10.
to correct
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  • Wé gémes ł boetas

    corrigimus

    ,
      Mt. p. 2, 2.

  • Gémendum

    correctis

    , 17,
to reprove, v. gím-ness ;
2
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  • Gife synngiga in ðec bróðer, geong and gém (

    corripe

    ) hine; gif ðec gehéres boetend ðú bist bróðeres ðínes,
      Mt. L. 18, 15.
to provide for the wants of a person
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  • Sé ðe ne gímð ðára ðe his beóð

    dui suorum curam non habet

    ; if any provide not for his own (1
      Tim. 5, 8), Past. 139, l.
to see after the proper condition of things,
attend to
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  • Hé suíðe wel giémeð ðára úterra ðinga

    provide exteriora subministrat

    ,
      Past. 141, 16.

  • Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare,

      Angl. ix. 260, 9.

  • Ðá hǽðengylclan ðá ðe þæt templ and þǽra goda gýmdon, ii. 482,

      33. (4 a) with gen. and acc. :-- Hé gýmð grǽdelíce his teolunge, his gafoles, his gebytlu, Hml. Th.i. 66, 10.
to take charge of, act as guardian or
keeper,
the object a person
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  • Him (

    John

    ) befæste se Hǽlend his módor, þæt his clǽne líf ðæs clǽnan mǽdenes gýmde,
      Hml. Th. i. 58, 22.

  • Ðæt hié tó sláwlíce ðára ne giémen ðe him befæste sién

    a commissorum custodia minime torpescant

    ,
      Past. 191, 23.

  • Se hierde bið ídel ðe scolde ðǽre heorde giéman

    a gregis custodia vacat cura pastoris

    ,
      129, 13.

  • Nis tó wénanne þætte wolde God hiora gásta mid him gýman,

      Ps. Th. 77, 10.

  • Biwoedded desponsata (in margin: Tó gémanne nalles tó habbanne fore wíf), Mt. L. 1, 18. (a α)

    to have charge as ruler, to rule.

    v. gímend ; I a. gímen ;
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  • Hé gesette hig (sun and moon) þæt hig gímdon þæs dæges and þǽre nihte

    posuit eas, ut praeessent diei ac nocti

    ,
      Gen. l, 18.
the object a thing, to take charge or
possession of
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  • Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige, gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe

    si mortem obeat, rehabeat dominus suus omnia

    ,
      Ll. Th. i. 434, 27.
to take care that something is or is not done,
with positive clause
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  • Gýme swán ꝥ hé æfter sticunge his slyhtswýn we] behweorfe,

      Ll. Th. i. 430, 15.

  • Ðá ðe ofer óðre bióð gimen hié geornlíce ðætte . . .

    studeant quipraesunt, ut

    . . . .
      Past. 119, 13 : 403, 19.

  • Him is tó giémenne ðæt hé ætiéwe his hiére-monnum ðæt hé sié hiera fæder on láre

    curandum est, ut rectorem subditis patrem exhibeat disciplina

    ,
      123, 24.

  • Giémanne,

      455, 10.

  • Is ðǽm lǽce swíðe geornlíce tó giémanne ðæt hé . . . studet qui medetur, ut . . . , 28. (a α) with gen. pronoun and clause :-- Hé ðæs giéme ðæt hé lustas átemige

    curet suggestiones edomare

    ,
      Past. 383, 6.
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  • Giémað ðæt gé eówre ryhtwísnesse ne dn beforan monnum

    attendite, ne justitiam vestram faciatis coram hominibus

    ,
      Past. 335, 21.

  • Ðæt hié giémen . . . ðætte of ðǽm góde ne weorðe wyrse yfel ákenned

    ut sollicite aspiciant, ne

    . . . ,
      313, 18.

  • Ðæt hié geornlíce giémen ðæt hié eft ðá synne ne gefremmen

    ut sollicite custodire studeant, ne

    . . . ,
      327, 13.

  • Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ðá fét ne áslíden

    caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant

    ,
      131, 25.
  • (b α) with gen. pronoun and clause :-- Ealde witan þe þæt mynster geondgangen and þæs gýman, þæt þǽr nán bróðor ymbe ídelnesse beó, R. Ben. 74, 15.
to core for.
to have a liking or
desire for.
the object a person
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  • Wǽrleás mon and . . . ungetreów, þæs ne gýmeð God,

      Gn. Ex. 164.
the object a thing,
material
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  • Eádige beóð þá þe þissa eorþwelena ne gýmaþ,

      Bl. H. 159, 30.

  • Seolcenra hrægla hí ne gímdon,

      Bt. 15 ; F. 48, ii. Gém-don, Met. 8, 10.
non-material
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  • Hé ðisses middangeardes orsorg-nesse ne gímð

    prospera mundi postposuit

    ,
      Past. 61, 8.

  • Waa ieów welegum ðe iówer lufu is on eówrum wortildwelum, and ne giémað ðæs écan gefeán,

      181, 24.

  • Hí gúðe ne gýmdon

    they had no stomach for the fight

    ,
      By. 192.

  • Þæt sélre geceós, oferhýda ne gým,

      B. 1760.

  • Heó mé sagað, þæt heó mǽglufan mínre ne gýme,

      Jul. 70.
to take interest in, be noc-cerned about,
be affected by a matter,
with gen.
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  • God sylfa þonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe,

      Bl. H. 95, 29.

  • Hé swelces lyt gýmð,

      Met. Einl. 8.
with clause,
to care whether, what, &c.
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  • Sé ðe ne giémð hwæðer hé ðá sibbe healde

    qui servare pacem non curat

    ,
      Past. 345, 12.

  • Hié ne giémað tó hwon óðerra monna wíse weorðe

    non aliorum lucra cogitant

    ,
      41, 24.

  • Hé giémde hwæt hé hæfde monna gerímes, and ne nóm náne wære húlíce hié wǽron,

      Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 21.
  • Ne hé ne giéme hwelce hylde hé mid ðǽre ælmessan gewriexle. Past. 323, 17.

  • Né hí ná for þon óþre men feormiað, ꝥ hí mycclum gýman hwæþer heom ꝥ góð sý ꝥ hí dóð,

      Gr. D. 76, 29.

  • Hwý nelt þú géman ꝥ mín sweostor mé lǽt áne þegnian

    non est tibi curae quod soror mea reliquit me solam mini-strare?

    (Lk.
      10, 40), Bl. H. 67, 30.
with gen. pron. and clause
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  • Þonne þæs gíman nele Waldend, hú þá womsceaþan gréten,

      Cri. 1569.
to be anxious, troubled about
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  • Ðæt hié tó georne ne giémen ðissa eorðlicena ymbhogena

    ut curare nimis terrena desuescant

    ,
      Past. 431, 12.

  • Ne gémende gié sié saúles iúrres

    ne solliciti sitis animae vestrae

    ,
      Mt. L. 6, 25, 28, 31.

  • Nælleð gé sié gémende in merne. Morgen for ðon dæg gémende (

    sollicitus

    ) bið him seolfum, 34.
to pay attention to, heed advice, command, &c., keep a covenant, law, rule,
act in accordance with, in obedience to.
with gen.
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  • Gif se brimhengest brídles ne gýmeð,

      Rún. 21.

  • Þá þe Godes willan wyrcað and wísdómes gýmað þá hwíle þe hý libbað,

      Wlfst. 5, 6: Ll. Th. i. 334, 20.

  • Hí þæs cynges worda ne gýmdon, for ðám his ríce ne wæs ofer hí,

      Bd. 2, 6 ; Sch. 134, 10.

  • Hí wǽre ne gýmdon,

      Exod. 140.

  • Muneca gehwylc þe . . . regoles ne gýme,

      Ll. Th. i. 306, 2.

  • Gýme hé his crístendomes georne,

      310, 4.

  • Godes laga gýman,

      350, 10: 318, 20.
with acc.
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  • Wé bebeódað ꝥte Godes þeówas hiora rihtregol gýman and on riht healdan,

      Ll. Th. i. 102, 15.
absolute
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  • Bisceopas sceolan bodian . . . gýme sé þe wylle,

      Ll. Th. i. 374, 21.
to observe, notice, consider,
with gen.
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  • Ðá spone hé ðe his ðeáwa giémað

    spectatores suos ad sublimia invitet

    ,
      Past. 83, 3.
with acc.
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  • Hig áspyriaþ þæs solecismus un-þeúwas, . . . and eác hig prútlíce gýmað þæs miotacisnius gefleard,

      Angl. viii. 313, 25.
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  • Ne furðum ne giémað hwæt hié dón, oððe hwonne hié hwæt dón

    nequaquam, quae quando agant, inspiciuut

    .
      287, 7.

  • Ðú sláwa, gá ðé tó ǽmetthylle, and giém hú hié dóð (

    considera vias ejus), Past. 193, l. Ðæt hié geornlíce giémen (ut sollicite consi-derent )

    hwæðer him ðæt geðóht cume of fǽrlicum luste, ðe of gewilnunga,
      417, 4, 32.

  • Gíman hwæt se Waldend tó wrace gesette,

      Cri. 1600.
with gen. and clause
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  • Ðæt hié ontýnen hiera módes eágan and giémen ðissa eorðlicena gesceafta (

    mentis oculos ad consideranda ea, quae in infimis versantur, aperiant

    ) hú ðá fuglas . . . gesibsumlíce farað,
      Past. 349, 20.
Similar entries
v. á-gíman, be-gíman, mis-gíman; un-gímende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gíman.” 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/50773.

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