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ge-hagian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: v. impers.
with acc. of person.
to be convenient or suitable for a person to have or do (
to) something
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  • Mid swelcan yrfe swelcan hí ðenne tó gehagað

    cum tali pecunia quae tunc competens erit,

      C. D. v. 137, 15.
to be within the means or
power of a person
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  • Swá hwylc mínra fædrenméga swá ðæt sió, ðæt hine tó ðan gehagige, ðæt hé dá óðora lond begeotan mæge and wille, ðonne gebycge hé ðá lond,

      C. D. ii. 120, 26.

  • Utan álýsan gehæfte, gif ús tó ðám gehagie,

      Wlfst. 119, 9.
with dat. To be within the means or
power of a person
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  • Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie,

      Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129.
  • Cf. on-hagian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hagian.” 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/48213.

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