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ge-niman

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-niman, -nyman, -nioman; he -nimeþ, -nimþ; p. -nam, -nom, pl. -námon, -nómon; imp. -nim, pl. -nimaþ; subj. p. -náme, pl. -námen; pp. -numen
To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into; sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre
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  • Forlǽt mec englas geniman on ðínne neáwest

    let angels take me into thy presence,

      Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 13; Hy. 4, 49.

  • Ðæt hí woldon his bán geniman

    ut tollĕrent ossa illīus,

      Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 28.

  • He genimeþ hraðe ðære rósan wlite

    it taketh away the beauty of the rose,

      Bt. Met. Fox 6, 24; Met. 6, 12: Cd. 60; Th. 73, 23; Gen. 1209.

  • Wintres dæg sigelbeorhtne genimþ hærfest

    winter's day takes away the sun-bright autumn,

      Menol. Fox 404; Men. 203.

  • Hú lange démaþ gé unrihtwísnysse, and ansýne synfulra genimaþ

    usquequo jūdĭcātis inīquĭtātem, et făcies peccātōrum sūmĭtis?

      Ps. Spl. 81, 2.

  • Heó genam cúðe folme

    she took the well known hand,

      Beo. Th. 2609; B. 1302: 4850; B. 2429.

  • He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp

    abstŭlit sīcut oves pŏpŭlum suum,

      Ps. Th. 77, 52, 69.

  • Ðe ic to swá myclum cyninge genom

    quod cum tanto rēge inii,

      Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25.

  • He feówer túnas genom

    he took four towns,

      Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13: 584; Erl. 18, 24.

  • On ðam ilcan ðú eard genáme

    in quo hăbĭtas in idipsum,

      Ps. Th. 73, 3: 72, 19.

  • Genámon me ðǽr strange feóndas

    strong enemies took me there,

      Rood. Kmbl. 60; Kr. 30: 120; Kr. 60: Cd. 210; Th. 260, 10; Dan. 707.

  • Þýstro ðæt ne genámon

    tenebræ eam non comprehendērunt,

      Jn. Bos. 1, 5.

  • Hí genómon unlytel

    they took not a little,

      Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 14.

  • Ðú ðé ánne genim to gesprecan

    take thou one to thee for counsellor,

      Exon. 80 a; Th. 301, 25; Fá. 24: Cd. 67; Th. 80, 27; Gen. 1335.

  • Genimaþ eów árlíce lác

    tollĭte hostias,

      Ps. Th. 95, 8.

  • Búton hwá þurh flánes flyht fyl genáme

    unless any one through an arrow's flight obtained his fall,

      Byrht. Th. 133, 57; By. 71.

  • Hét se kásere ðæt he genáme on ðam biscope ealle godes béc

    the emperor ordered him to take from the bishop all God's books,

      Shrn. 123, 24.

  • Án byþ genumen

    ūnus assūmētur,

      Mt. Bos. 24, 40, 41: Gen. 2, 23.

  • Geniman friþ

    to make peace,

      Chr. 865; Erl. 71, 12: Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 106, 21.
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v.  aweg-geniman ge-namne ge-nioman ge-nyman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-niman.” 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/15395.

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