ge-maca
A mate, an equal, companion ⬩ par, socius ⬩ socius
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A mate, an equal, companion; par, socius Gemaca hic et hæc par, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 50. Of eallum nýtenum ealles flǽsces twegen gemacan of all beasts two of the same kind, male and female, Gen. 6, 19
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ge-maca
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A. 20, 155. a husband Wíf sceolde syððan mid Godes bletsunge geneálǽcan hyre gemacan, Hml. Th. i. 134, 23. a wife Sume þá apostolas hæfdon him gemacan, Hml.
ge-maca
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Feówer gemacan sceóna calciamenta ... paria quatuor, Chrd. 48, 26. Add
fyrd-gemaca
A companion in war ⬩ fellow-soldier ⬩ commīlĭto
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A companion in war, fellow-soldier; commīlĭto Tytus asende bodan to hys fyrdgemacan, ðe wæs genemned Uespasianus Titus sent messengers to his fellow-soldier, who was named Vespasian, Nathan. 5
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land-gemaca
A neighbour
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A neighbour Vicinum landgemacena, (in margin) affinium landgemaca, Hpt. Gl. 480, 18-20
heáfod-gemaca
An equal, a mate, fellow
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An equal, a mate, fellow Ða sylfan his heáfodgemacan hé forlét his very fellows he forsook, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 16. Ic mæg sleán míne heáfodgemæccan [heáfudgemæccean, Cot. MS.] I may beat my fellow-servants; cæperit percutere conservos suos, Past. 17
un-gemaca
Not a match ⬩ not an equal
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Not a match, not an equal Ungemaca impar, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 17; Zup. 43, 1: Germ. 389, 76
fird-gemaca
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gelíc-gemaca
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Dele. v. ge-líc; <b>IV,</b> and ge-maca
hand-gemaca
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A close companion Þá hyrdecnapan mid heora handgemacan ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 421. Cf. hand-gesella, hand-gestealla
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simble-gemaca
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in tó þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft tó fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan
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heáfod-gemaca
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Heó geheóld hyre fóstormódor sceáp mid óþrum fǽmnum hire héfdgemacum ipsa pascebat oves nutricis suae cum ceteris puellis coaetaneis suis (Hml. A. 209, 40), Nar. 40, 18. Add
ge-líc-gemaca
An equal ⬩ compar
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An equal; compar, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 51
géman
To care for, regard, heed, cure ⬩ cūrāre
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To care for, regard, heed, cure; cūrāre Ne gémdon hie nánes fyrenlustes they cared not for any luxury, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 7 : Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 39. Nǽnig mon ne sceal lufian ne ne géman his gesibbes gif he hine ǽrost agælde Godes ðeówðómes no man shall
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ge-mána
Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction ⬩ communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus
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Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction; communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus Giféon we on ðone gemánan Godes and manna and on ðone gemánan ðæs brýdguman and ðære brýde
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cifes-gemána
Fornication ⬩ concubinatus
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Fornication; concubinatus We lǽraþ, ðæt man geswíce cifesgemánan [MS. cifesgemanna] docemus, ut cessent concubinatus, L. Edg. C. 21; Wilk. 84, 1
rest-gemána
Conjugal intercourse ⬩ concubitus
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; Conjugal intercourse;; concubitus Hié noldan leng heora hláforda ne heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16. Restgemanan, Lchdm. i. 350, 10
bed-gemána
Cohabitation
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Cohabitation Ðone ymbhogan hé ne forlét ðæs flǽsclican beddgemánan nec stratum carnalium sollicitudine deserit, Past. 99, 25
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