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  • Gýmen vel hoga

    studium,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59.

  • Gýmen exercitio, i.

    meditatio

    ,
      144, 66.
care for a person or thing,
seeing after the welfare, proper condition of.
    Cf. gíman; I. 3, 4.
with gen.
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  • Godes engel beheád him þæt [hé] sceolde habban gýmene ǽgðer ge ðǽre méder ge þæs cildes,

      Hml. Th. i. 196, 19.

  • Hé ne forlǽte ðá giémenne hira úterran ðearfe

    exterioris vitae providentiam non relinquat

    ,
      Past. 137, 13.

  • Ealle ðá ðe for beón sculon sculon habban giémenne ðissa uterrena ðinga (

    habere sollici-tudines exteriores debent

    ), ond ðeáh ne sién hí tó fæste tó gebundene,
      139, 23.

  • Ðæt hé suá geornfullíce sié ymb ðá giémenne ðissa hwílendlicra ðinga suá suá hit niédðearf sié

    ut curae temporalis sollicitudinis et quantum necesse est prodeant

    ,
      141, 4.

  • Hé for niédðearfe hæfð giémenne his flǽsces

    curam carnis ex necessitate tolerat

    ,
      395, 19.
with prep.
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  • Ðonne hé gebint hine selfne tó óðrum menn mid his wordum ðæt hé sceal niéde ðá giémenne and ðá geornfulnesse ymb ðone habban ðe he ǽr ne ðorfte,

      Past. 193, 9.
  • I a. of medical care. Cf. gíman;
2 a
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  • Gif hé hwǽr ǽnigne freónd métan meahte þe his gýmenne dyde and his wunde lácnian wolde

    sicubi amicos, qui sui curam agerent, posset inuenire

    ,
      Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 455, 13.
care of a pastor, ruler, cure of souls,
charge, management, rule, administration. Cf. gíman;
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  • Sió manigfealde giémen ðæs underfangenan láreówdómes

    suscepta cura regiminis

    ,
      Past. 37, 13.

  • Ðá byrðenne ðǽre hirdelecan giémenne (gémenne,

    v. l.) pastoralis curie pondera

    ,
      23, II : 27, 10.

  • Ðæt dúst ðisse eorðlican giémenne (

    administration of secular matters

    ),
      131, 12.

  • Gýmene regimine, i.

    regula

    ,
      An. Ox. 3423: 5301.

  • Ne forlǽte se reccere ðá inneran giémenne ðæs godcundan ðiówdómes, Past. 127, II. Gímenne, 13, 6. II a. with gen. of object of care :-- Sió giúmen (gímen, v. l.) ðǽre hálgan ciricean sié ðám beboden ðe hiere wel rǽdan cunne

    cura sanctae ecclesiae ei, qui hanc bene regere praevalet, imponatur

    ,
      Past. 43, 24.

  • Hine lǽs óðerra monna giémen bisegað. Ðá ofergesettan sint tó monianne ðæt hié óðerra monna giémenne gefyllen, 191, 2O-22. II b. with prep. governing object of care :-- Ne sié his (

    the bishop's

    ) giémen ná ðý lǽsse ymb ðá gehírsuman,
      Past. 75, 14.
care that something is or is not done. Cf. gíman;
6
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  • Nú sceole wé hogian mid mycelre gýmene ꝥ úre lífe beó swá gelógod,

      Hml. S. 16, 6.
care for a person (gen.),
liking, affection. Cf. gíman;
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  • Sé ðe suá hígað tó andweardnesse his Scippendes, and ágiémeleásað ðǽre giémenne his níhstena, oððe eft suá singallíce folgað ðǽre giémenne his niéhstena, ðæt hé ágiémeleásað ðá godcundan lufe,

      Past. 87, 10-13.
care, pains, trouble in doing something
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  • Líchamlicere geþeódnesse lustum gýmene

    carnalis copulę uoluptatibus operam i. studium (dedissent)

    , An
      Ox. 1607.
with gen. or prep. (cf. II. a. b),
care, anxiety solicitude. Cf. gíman;
3
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  • Þeáh se wind þára earfoþa and seó singale gémen þissa woruldsélþa (se ymbhoga þyssa woruldsǽlþa hine drecce Met. 7, 53) him on bláwe,

      Bt. 12 ; F. 36, 28 : Met. 7, 51.

  • Hit is ðearf ðætte sió giémen, ðe hié hira híremonnum útan dón scylen, sié wel gemet-god

    sollicitudo, quae subditis exterius impenditur, sub certa necesse est mensura teneatur

    ,
      Past. 139, 10.

  • Se cræft ðǽre giémenne ymbe ðá fore-sceáwunga ðæs heofonlican lífes

    vis sollicitudinis et erga coelestem vitam providae circumspectionis

    ,
      169, 6.

  • Ðá giémenne (giémen v. l.) ðisse ondweardan lífes ðæt getácnað

    curas vitae praesentis designant

    ,
      139, 18.
observation, consideration. Cf. gíman;
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  • Þus geráddre besceáwunge gýmene

    hujuscemodi contemplationis intuitu

    ,
      An. Ox. 245.
Similar entries
v. ungemet-gímen, weorold-gímen (?).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gímen.” 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/50783.

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