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ge-winnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-winnan, p. -wan, -won, -wann, pl. -wunnon; pp. -wunnen.
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
to make war, fight, contend; pugnare, bellum gerere
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  • He ána gewon

    he fought alone,

    • Exon. 39 a
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    • Th. 129, 15
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    • Gú. 21
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    • Bd. 3, 19
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    • S. 548, 2
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  • Hú hie wið ðæm drý gefliton and gewunnon

    how they contended and strove against the sorcerer,

    • Blickl. Homl. 173, 3
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to obtain by fighting, to conquer, gain, win; pugna consequi, obtinere, subjugare
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  • Hú he mihte Normandige of him gewinnan

    how he might conquer [win] Normandy from him,

    • Chr. 1090
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    • Erl. 226, 25
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  • Ne mágon we ðæt on aldre gewinnan

    we cannot ever obtain that,

    • Cd. 421
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    • Th. 26, 6
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    • Gen. 402
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  • Ǽnig ne mæg friþ gewinnan

    no one may gain peace,

    • Exon. 22 b
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    • Th. 62, 14
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    • Cri. 1001
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  • Ðæs ðe he heora sáulum to hǽle and to rǽde gewinnan mihte

    provided that he could win their souls to salvation and counsel,

    • Blickl. Homl. 227, 4
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  • He hit gewan mid wisdóme

    he gained it by wisdom,

    • Th. Ap. 4, 19
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  • Chananéus ðá wann wið Israéla bearn and sige on him gewann

    the Canaanite fought against the children of Israel and gained a victory over them,

    • Num. 21, 1
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  • Ðone cyning ðe hie ǽr mid unrihte gewunnen hæfde

    the king that had before unjustly conquered them,

    • Bt. 16, 2
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    • Fox 52, 22
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  • On ágenum hwílum mid earfeþum gewunnen

    laboriously gained in their own time,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 55
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  • Ðá wæs Rómána ríce gewunnen

    then the empire of the Romans was conquered,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 34
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    • Met. 1, 17
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. ge-winnan:
O. H. Ger. ga-winnan:
Ger. ge-winnen to gain, obtain.
]
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