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ge-blandan

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ge-blandan, ge-blandan; pp. ge-blanden, -blonden [In the two instances where the past tense occurs the forms are ge-blond,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
ge-blondan,
    An. 33.
Under blandan is given blénde as apast subjunctive, but this form might be placed as a present (or past) under blendan. v. ge-blendan. Cf. gang as a past tense of gangan.]
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To mix, blend
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  • Geblonden

    infectum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 77.

  • Geblanden,

      45, 17:

    confectum,

      14, 49.
to mix with
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  • Is him þæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixled wurman geblonden,

      Ph. 294.
to mix things that should be kept separate
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  • Ðona geworð ðæt mið ús giblonden ł gimencged

    (mixta) aron alle, and in Marc moniga Lucas and éc Matheies,

      Mt. p. 3, 7.
to mix, prepare with (harmful) ingredients
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  • Him geblondan drás þurh dwol*-*cræft drync unheórne,

      An. 33.

  • Hié him sealdon áttor drincan þæt mid lybcræfte wæs geblanden,

      Bl. H. 229, 12.

  • Eów wæs ád inǽled áttre geblouden,

      Gú. 640.
to make turbid, disturb, trouble :
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  • Scír bið gedréfed burna geblonden,

      Met. 5, 19 : An. 424: Rä. 4, 22.

  • Scúr winde geblanden,

      Gn. C. 41 : Met. 20, 81.
denoting possession of evil qualities or properties, to infect, corrupt. [Cf. O. Sax. baluwes giblandan, mid sorogon giblandan.]
in a physical sense
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  • Wæs seó lyft heolfre geblanden,

      Exod. 476.

  • Oð þæt ic spǽte, spilde geblonden, áttor,

      Rä. 24, 8.
in a moral sense
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  • Geblond

    infecit (cordavenenis),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16.

  • Siofa synnum

    fáh,

    sáre geblonden, gefylled mid fácne,
      Leas. 16.
  • Is þes middangeard máne geblonden, 31.

  • Níða ge*-*blonden

    (Holofernes),

      Jud. 34.
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v. ge-blendan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-blandan.” 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/47276.

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