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ge-tǽse

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-tǽse, es; n.
An advantage; commodum
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  • Ac geþenc ðæt ðú hym forwyrndest ǽlcra getésa ðá git becgen on líchaman wǽron and ðú hæfdest ǽlc good and he hefde ǽlc yfel ne mót he ðé nú ðý máre dón to getǽsan ðe ðú ðá hym woldest

    but remember that thou didst refuse him every advantage when ye were both in the body and thou hadst every good and he had every evil; he cannot now do more for thy advantage than thou wouldest then do for his,

      Shrn. 202, 31-4.

  • Hió an Æþelflede ealra ðera getǽsa ðet ðǽr binnan beóþ

    she gives to Æthelfled all the desirable things that are there within,

      Th. Chart. 538, 37.

  • Getǽse

    commodum,

      Cot. 59, Lye.
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v.  ge-tése ge-tǽsu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tǽse.” 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/16356.

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