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ge-lǽr

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in a physical sense
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  • Gif hwá ofer gemet þigþ mete, þæs mon tilað þe eáþelícor þe mon raþor gedó ꝥ hé spíwe and gelǽr sié,

      Lch. ii. 240, 18.
  • Þonne se geohsa of þǽre ídlan wambe cymð and of þǽre gelǽran,

      62, 1.
  • Þonne findest þú þá blǽdran gelǽre,

      250, 21.
figurative,
empty-handed
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  • Nánne forlǽt þú gelǽrne fram þé,

      E. S. viii. 474, 52.
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[Nim ane gelare pina hnutte, Lch. iii. 92, 17. Þa þa water wes al ilædden and þe put was ilær, Laym. 15961. Þe clerkes adde the stretes sone iler, R. Glouc. 541, 15.]
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