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ge-fér-rǽden

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-fér-rǽden, -réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§610;
companionship, fellowship, congregation, church; societas, comitatus, eeclesia, synagoga
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  • Hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽddene [MS. B. geférǽdene] beón ðe he wǽre

    who would be in that fellowship that he was,

    • L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 5
      • :
    • Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 23
      • .

  • He hæfde on his geférrǽdene cratu and rídende men

    habuit in comitatu currus et equites,

    • Gen. 50, 9
      • .

  • Smerede ðé God ðín mid ele blysse for geférrédinum ðínum

    unxit te Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ præ consortibus tuis,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9
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  • Gyf he híg ne gehýrþ, sæge hyt geférrǽdene

    quod si non audierit eos : dic ecclesiæ,

    • Mt. Bos. 18, 17
      • :
    • Jn. Bos. 9, 22
      • .
familiarity, friendship; familiaritas, amicitia
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  • Ðæs cyninges geférrǽden mæg nǽnigne mon gedón weligne

    the king's familiarity can make no man wealthy,

    • Bt. 29, 3; Fox 102, 2
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Similar entries
v. ge-fér-scipe.
Linked entries
v.  ge-fǽrréden.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fér-rǽden.” 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/14337.

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  • ge-fér-rǽden, n.

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