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ge-glengan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-glengan, -glencan, -glæncan, -glencgan, -glengcan; p. -glengde, -glencde; pp. -glenged, -glencged, -glengd, -glend
To adorn, embellish, set in order, compose; ornāre, cōmĕre, compōnĕre
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  • Gé preóstas sculon eówerne hád healdan árwurþlíce, and mid gódum þeáwum symle geglæncan

    ye priests should religiously observe your order, and always adorn it with good habits,

    • L. Ælf. P. 5; Th. ii. 366, 2
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  • Ic geglenge

    cōmo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 13
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  • Ic smicere geglengce

    orno,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 99; Som. 76, 116; Wrt. Voc. 54, 58
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  • Nerón hine mid ǽlces cynnes gimmum geglengde

    Nero adorned himself with gems of every kind,

    • Bt. 28; Fox 100, 27
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 15, 7
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    • Met. 15, 4
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  • Ðæt he æfter medmiclum fæce in sceópgereorde mid ða mǽstan swétnesse and inbrydnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde wel gehwǽr forþbrohte

    hoc ipse post pŭsillum verbis poēticis maxĭma suāvĭtāte et compunctiōne compĕsĭtis, in sua, id est, Anglōrum lingua proferret,

    • Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 35
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  • Ðæt hit wǽre geglenged mid gódum stánum and gódum gifum

    quod bŏnis lăpĭdĭbus et dōnis ornātum esset,

    • Lk. Bos. 21, 5
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    • Elen. Kmbl. 179
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    • El .90
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  • Geglenged

    discrīmĭnātus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 61; Som. 68, 48; Wrt. Voc. 39, 32
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  • Godes gelaðung is geglencged mid deórwurþre frætewunge

    God's church is adorned with precious ornament,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 586, 17
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  • Heó wæs geglengd þurh Godes wundra

    it was embellished by the miracles of God,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 970; 241, 6
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  • Ða bióþ sweordum and fetelum swíðe geglende

    who are greatly adorned with swords and belts,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 20
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    • Met. 25, 10
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v.  glengan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-glengan.” 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/14519.

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