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abstract,
of persons
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  • Ðæt hié ne sceolden forhyggean ðone geférscipe ðára synfulra,

      Past. 103, 15.

  • Hé hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde

    sese nobis per naturae nostrae consortium junxit,

      167, 23.
of animals or things
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  • Sum fearhryþer þæs óþræs ceápes geférscipe oferhogode,

      Bl. H. 199, 4.

  • Se yfela willa næfþ nǽnne geférscipe wiþ þá gesǽlþa

    ad beatitudinem probra non veniunt,

      Bt. 36, 7 ; F. 184, 31.
concrete.
a collection of persons,
in a general sense,
a company
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  • Wearð eall se geférscipe

    (Ulysses' companions)

    forhwerfed tó deórcynnum,
      Bt. 38, l; F. 196, 2.
  • On þes arcbes gewitnesse and on ealles þæs geférscipes þe him mid wæs. Chr. 1022 ; P. 157, 7.

  • Þ þǽr mihten men gyrnau þára úplicra burhwara and þæs écean geférscipes,

    Bl.

      H. 197, 17.

  • Betwuxn his engla geférscipe

    inter angelorum choros,

      Past. 261, 12.

  • Deóffelicum geférscipe

    demonico globo,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 65.

  • Gif gé mé (the cook) út ádrífaþ fram eówrum geférscipe

    (collegio),

      Coll. M. 29, 9.
in special senses,
a society of ecclesiastics
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  • Þeáh feáwa witena on þám geférscipe beón,

      R. Ben. 116, 19.
  • Hádbót. . . án dǽl þám biscope, óðer þám wíbede and þridde geférscipe. Ll. Th. ii. 242, 18.
an association, a guild
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  • Scute ǽlc man swá pænig, swá healfne, be þæs geférscipes mænio,

      Ll. Th. i. 234, 10.

  • Án gildscipe is gegaderod on Wudeburglande, and se b̃ and þá canonicas . . , habað underfangen þone ilcan geférscipe on bróðorrǽdenne,

      Cht. Th. 609, 3.
a profession, order
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  • Cyning sceal hæbban gebedmen and fyrdmen and weorcmen . . . Ðæt is eác his andweorc ꝥ hé habban sceal . . . þám þrím geférscipum bíwiste . . . gehwæt þæs þe þá þrié geférscipas behófiaþ,

      Bt. 17 , F. 58, 33-60, 5.
a class, social order
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  • Þǽr ðú gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, l ; F. 10, 4. (ζ) a retinue, court; comitatus :-- Cóm hé mid þá cwéne . . . hé wæs hyre þéna and hyre húses and hyre geférscypes oferealdormon

    erat primus ministrorum et princeps domus eius,

      Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 353, 2.

  • Cyningas bióþ úton ymbstandende mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna,

      Bt. 37, I ; F. 186, 4.

  • Hé þone ealdor ealra þeóstra geband, and ealne his geférscipe gedréfde,

      Bl. H. 85, 6.
a company of animals
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  • Ðá fuglas ðe ánes cynnes bióð seldon willað forlǽtan hiora geférscipe (

    sese deserunt),

      Past. 348, 22.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-férscipe.” 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/47945.

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