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ge-þénsum

  • adjective
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ge-þénsum, adj.
Obsequious, obliging, serviceable; officiosus
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  • He wearþ geset cumena þén ðæt he mynsterlícum cumum geþénsum wǽre

    he was appointed servant of guests that he might attend upon the monastic guests,

      Homl. Th. ii. 136, 24.
  • Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum swilce ðín ágen fót

    if any kinsman be as serviceable to thee as thy own foot,

    i.
      516, 15.
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v.  -þegnsum þénsum.
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