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ge-eáþmédan

  • verb [ weak ]
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the object a person,
to humiliate
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  • Þá eágan þára ofermódena þú geeáðmétst

    (humiliabis),

      Ps. Th. 17, 26.
  • Geeádmétst,

      Hml. A. 107, 166.
  • Þisne geeádméddeþ

    (humiliat)

    and þysne áhefþ,
      Ps. Spl. 74, 7.
  • Þú woldest ús geeáðmédan,

      Ps. Th. 43, 20.
  • Ǽlc þe hine áhefþ sceal beón geeádmét,

      Hml. A. 114, 408.
to make submissive, subject, subdue
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  • Ðá þeóde þe wið ús árisan hé wolde geeádmédigan,

      Hml. A. 126, 318.
  • Gecir tó þínre hlǽfdian and beó geeádmét under hire handa

    (humiliare sub manu illius),

      Gen. 16, 9.
  • Hig wurdon geeádmétte under heora handum

    (humiliati sunt sub manibus eorum.

      Ps. Th. 105, ii), Ælfc. T. Grn. II. 35.
the object a high place,
to lower
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  • Ælc dún bið geeádmét,

      Hml. Th. i. 360, 33.
where inferiority is acknowledged.
reflexive,
where an attitude that expresses humility is taken
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  • Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde and feóll tó his fótum and geeáðmédde hí tó him,

      Hml. S. 30, 418.
where worship is paid
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  • Tiberius hyne sylfne geeáðmédde,

      Hml. A. 192, 319.
  • Þá seó hálignes hym wæs tó bróht, þá feóll hé nyðer ástreht and myd ryhtum geleáfan hyne þǽrtó geeádmédde,

      189, 247.
  • Ne geeáðméde þú þé tó hira unrihtum godum

    noli adorare deum alienum,

      Ex. 34, 14.
  • Gif ǽnig man geeáðméde hine tó sunnan and tó mónan

    adoret solem et lunam,

      Deut. 17, 3.
where submission is made
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  • Geeádmédaþ eów sylfe tó Godes willan, Hml. A. 165, 23, Þ folc ne sceal forhycggan ꝥ hí tó him (

    the clergy)

    hí geeáþ-médon,
      Bl. H. 47, 30.
where the reflexive pronoun is omitted,
cf. I a
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  • Hig feóllon on þá eorðan and geeáðmeddon wíð hine

    adoraverunt proni in terrain,

      Gen. 43, 26.
cf. l b
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  • Ágit mé þone drvhten þe ðú tó geeádméddest,

      Hml. A. 189, 243.
cf. l c
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  • Geeádmét

    cedit,

      An. Ox. 1005.
to worship, adore.
with acc.
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  • Hig geeáðmédað hira hearga

    adorant simulacra eorum,

      Ex. 34, 15.
  • Hí geeáðmédedon ealle þá fǽtten eorðan

    adoraverunt omnes pingues terrae,

      Ps. L. 21, 30.
  • Ic hyne wylle geeádmédan,

      Hml. A. 189, 244: 191, 313.
with dat.
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  • Ic hym geeádmédan wylle and hym þeówian. Hml. A. 190, 265.
with the idea of condescension,
of human beings
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  • Tó ðon þaeti for mínum synnum hí (

    the clergy of Worcester

    ) heó geeáðmédden þaette heó wáeren þingeras wið
      Drihten, C. D. i. 114, 17.
of the Deity or angels
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  • Críst hine tó þon geeáþ-médeþ ꝥ . . . ,

      Bl. H. 5, 14.
  • Ic mé tó þám geeádmétte, ꝥ ic eów mid eádmódnysse þénade,

      Hml. A. 159, 183.
  • Geeádmédde,

      151, 8.
  • Geeáþ-médde,

      Bl. H. 11, 33.
  • Hé (

    St. Michael

    ) hine geeáðmédde ꝥ . . . ,
      197, 14,
    Drihten hine geeáðmédde swá steórréðra, 235, 23.
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v. eáþ-médan, eáþ-médian.
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