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ge-mána

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ge-mána, an; m. [ge-mǽne communis]
Companionship, society, fellowship, familiarity, marriage, intercourse, commerce, conjunction; communio, societas, consortium, contubernium, commercium, concubitus
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  • Giféon we on ðone gemánan Godes and manna and on ðone gemánan ðæs brýdguman and ðære brýde

    let us rejoice in the union of God and men and in the union of the bridegroom and the bride,

      Blickl. Homl. 11, 5.
  • Ðonne he wæs mid his ágnum cynne ðonne he wæs on ðare ryhtwísera gemánan

    he was then with his own kin when he was in the company of the righteous,

      Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 12.
  • Engla gemána

    the society of angels,

      Exon. 42 a; Th. 142, 10; Gú. 642 : Ps. Th. 56, 4 : Bd. 4, 23; S. 596, 13.
  • Ðysse fǽmnan gemánan bæd

    hujus virgins consortium petebat,

      2, 9; S. 510, 23, 26 : Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 14; Jul. 127 : Jn. Skt. p. 1, 3 : Rtl. 109, 31.
  • Hréman ne þorfte mǽcan gemánan

    he needed not to exult in the falchion's intercourse,

      Chr. 937; Th. 204, 24; Ædelst. 40.
  • Wið ðam ðe ðú mínes gemánan brúce

    ut fruaris concubitu meo,

      Gen. 38, 16 : Med. ex Quadr. 5, 11; Lchdm. i. 350, 10.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-mainei : O. H. Ger. gameini f.]
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v.  ge-mánna.
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