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§122; §434; §438;
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pleasing, acceptable
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  • Gecwéme ł wynsumlic

    votivum, acceptum, desiderativum,

      Hpt. Gl. 446, 51.

  • Þám men geþeód mid gecwémre geférrǽdene on wynsumre drohtnunge,

      Hml. Th. i. 438, 23.

  • Hafað ðeós wyrt swýþe gecwémne swæc,

      Lch. i. 264, 19.

  • Gecwéme

    beneplacita,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 32.

  • Gecwéme lác

    grata munuscula,

      An. Ox. 4502.

  • Gecwémest hindcealf gratissimus hinnulus, Kent. Gl. 110: 598. I a. with dat., agreeable to :-- Gecwéme is him

    beneplacitum est ei,

      Ps. Rdr. 146, 10.
  • Þurh yfelra manna rǽdas þe him ǽfre gecwéme wǽran. Chr. 1100; P. 235, 22.

  • Ðá ðe gecuoemo (gicwoeme, R.) sint him

    quae placita sunt ei,

      Jn. L. 8, 29.

  • Gif him ꝥ gecwémre byð,

      Ll. Th. i. 489, 14.

  • Þǽm wiþerweardan beóþ þæs mannes synna gecwémran þonne goldhord,

      Bl. H. 43, 21.
convenient, suitable, fit.
fit for (
tó) a purpose
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  • Seó wyrt is tó lǽcedómum wel gecwéme,

      Lch. i. 260, 4.

  • Ðeós wyrt nafað gecwéme sǽd tó lǽcedðme,

      292, 21.
fit for the use of a person (dat. )
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  • Is seó geoluwe swíþost lǽceon gecwéme, Lch. i. 294, 11. ¶ in the following the translation seems inexact :-- Mid gecwémre dugeþgyfe

    cum gratuita (i. gratis data) munificentia,

      An. Ox. 2574: 3065.

  • For his gecwémum feó

    accepto pretio,

      Gr. D. 341, 1.
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v. un-gecwéme, wel-gecwéme.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cwéme.” 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/47547.

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