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ge-strýnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-strýnan, -streónan, -strínan, -striénan; p. de; pp. ed [gestreón gain]
To gain, get, obtain, acquire, beget, procreate; lucrāri, acquīrĕre, gignĕre, procreāre
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  • Ðæs ðe ic móste mínum leóde swylc gestrýnan

    because I have been able to acquire such for my people,

      Beo. Th. 5589; B. 2798: L. Ath. i. prm; Th. i. 196, 18: Homl. Th. ii. 46, 14.
  • Ic gestrýne

    gigno,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 57.
  • Nǽnig fira tó fela gestrýneþ

    no man gains too much,

      Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 17; Gn. Ex. 144: L. C. S. 85; Th. i. 424, 13.
  • Ðæt hý mid rihte gestrýnaþ

    what they lawfully acquire,

      L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 274, 3: Exon. 61 b; Th. 225, 21; Ph. 392.
  • Ðín pund gestrýnde tyn pund

    mna tua dĕcem mnas acquīsīvit,

      Lk. Bos. 19, 16, 18: Mt. Bos. 25, 16, 17, 20: Ps. Spl. 77, 59.
  • He worn gestrýnde suna and dóhtra

    he begot several sons and daughters,

      Cd. 62; Th. 74, 11; Gen. 1220: Mt. Bos. 1, 2-16.
  • Ðeáh he ealne middaneard gestrýne

    si mundum ūnĭversum lucrētur,

      16, 26: Mk. Bos. 8, 36.
  • Ic hæbbe gestrýned óðre twá

    alia duo lucrātus sum,

      Mt. Bos. 25, 22.
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v.  ge-strínan.
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