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ge-streón

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-streón, -strión, es; n.
Gain, product, emolument, wealth, riches, treasure, usury, business; merces, mercātus, quæstus, lucrum, ēmŏlŭmentum, ŏpes, thesaurus, ūsūra, nēgōtium
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  • Gestreón quæstus vel

    lucrum,

      Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 6; Wrt. Voc. 60, 42.

  • Swunce máre se ðe unriht gestreón on his handa stóde

    he should toil more, in whose hands lay the unjust gain,

      L. Eth. ii. 9; Th. i. 290, 5.

  • Sunu gestreónes wæstm innoðes

    fīlii mercis fructus ventris,

      Ps. Spl. 126, 4.

  • Fæderes gestreónes

    patrĭmōnii,

    Mone
      B. 3568.

  • Ic hit witodlíce mid gestreóne onfénge

    cum ūsūtris ŭtĭque exegissem illam,

      Lk. Bos. 19, 23.

  • Fram gestreóne

    a nĕgōtio,

      Ps. Spl. 90, 6.

  • Mathusal magum dǽlde æðelinga gestreón

    Mathuselah distributed the chieftains' treasure to his brethren,

      Cd. 52; Th. 65, 24; Gen. 1071: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 115; Met. 8, 58.

  • Gestreóne

    mercātu,

    Mone
      B. 2588.

  • Hý beóþ rúmmóde ryhtra gestreóna

    they are liberal of just gains,

      Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 31; Gú. 49: 105 b; Th. 402, 18; Rä. 21, 31: 107 b; Th. 410, 23: Rä. 29, 3.

  • Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge

    that he should take all his riches after him,

      Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32.

  • Æfter filiende gestreón

    sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta,

    Mone
      B. 623.

  • Gehlódon him hordwearda gestreón

    they loaded on themselves the riches of the treasure-wards,

      Cd. 174; Th. 220, 3; Dan. 65: 208; Th. 257, 31; Dan. 666: 209; Th. 260, 4; Dan. 704.

  • Gestreón usura, Blickl. Gloss. Fram gestreóne gangendum a negotio perambulante, id. lc wylle heora cýpan hér luflícor ðonne ic gebicge ðǽr ðæt sum gestreón me ic begyte

    volo vendere hic carius quam emi illic ut aliquod lucrum mihi adquiram,

      Th. Anal. 27, 21.
Etymology
[O. Sax. gi-striuni: O. H. Ger. ki-striuni lucrum.]
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v.  streón ge-strión.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-streón.” 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/16193.

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