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ge-cwéme

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-cwéme, adj. [cwéme pleasant, pleasing]
Wright's OE grammar
§122; §434; §438;
Pleasant, pleasing, grateful, acceptable, fit; jŏcundus, grātus, plăcĭtus, complăcĭtus, acceptus
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  • Noe wæs Gode gecwéme and gife ætfóran him gemétte

    Noe invēnit grātiam coram Domĭno,

    • Gen. 6, 8
    • .
  • Seó wæs Criste gecwéme

    she was acceptable to Christ,

    • Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 2
    • ;
    • Jul. 259
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2097
    • ;
    • El. 1050
    • .
  • Gecwéme sý him spræc mín

    jŏcundum sit ei elŏquĭum meum,

    • Ps. Spl. 103. 35
    • .
  • Forðam hyt wæs swá gecwéme befóran ðé

    quoniam sic fuit plăcĭtum ante te,

    • Mt. Bos. 11, 26
    • :
    • Jn. Bos. 8, 29
    • .
  • Ðǽr is bráde land in heofonríce Criste gecwémra

    there is a spacious land in heaven's kingdom of the grateful to Christ,

    • Cd. 218; Th. 278, 5
    • ;
    • Sat, 217
    • .
  • Gecwémre

    complăcĭtior,

    • Ps. Spl. 76, 7
    • .
  • Swá him gecwémastwæs

    as was most pleasing to him,

    • H. R. 103, 6
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym, A. R. i-queme pleasing
. Cf.
O. H. Ger. biquáme
:
Ger. bequem
.]
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