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ge-frætewian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-frætewian, -frætwian, -fretwian; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed
To adorn, deck, trim; ornāre, redĭmīre
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  • Ic gefrætwige

    orno,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 24 : Som. 25, 41
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  • Ic gefretwige

    redimio,

    • 30; Som. 34-58
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  • Ðé Cyning engla gefrætwode

    the King of angels adorned thee,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3034
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    • An. 1520
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  • He gefrætwode foldan sceátas

    he adorned earth's regions,

    • Beo. Th. 192
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    • B. 96
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  • He æfter fæce mid óðrum gástlícum mægenum gefrætewod ætýwde

    postmŏdum cætĕris virtūtĭbus ornātus appāruit,

    • Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 44 : 3, 11
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    • S. 535, 32
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  • Ðǽr is geat gylden, gimmum gefrætewod

    there is a golden gate decked with gems,

    • Cd. 227; Th. 305, 20
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    • Sat. 649 : 220; Th. 283, 21
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    • Sat. 308
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  • Fiðrum gefrætwad

    adorned with wings,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1482
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    • El. 743
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    • Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 14
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    • Ph. 239
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  • Fægre gefrætwed

    neatly adorned,

    • 59 b; Th. 217, 2
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    • Ph. 274 : 64 a; Th. 237, 4
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    • Ph. 585
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-frætewian.” 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/14408.

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