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ge-líþigian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Take here all passages except Shrn. 130, 5 and Past. 159. 3 under ge-lípian in Dict., and add:
to render a person
gentle, mollify, appease
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  • Hé þone geyrsodon cásere gelíðgode,

      Hml. S. 3, 194.

  • Hine gelíðegode seó árfæste behreówsung þǽre mildheortnysse

    pectus pietas vicit,

      Gr. D. 18, 20.

  • Bið gelíðgod

    lenietur (princeps),

      Kent. Gl. 964.
to make a person
glad (?)
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  • Þú gelíþegodest

    delectasli,

      Ps. Spl. 91, 4.
to mitigate pain, & c.,
soften asperity, & c.
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  • Hyt þone wlættan þæs magan gelíþigaþ. Lch. i. 204, 21.
  • Hyt gelíþegaþ þone gicþan, 25.

  • Is swíðe micel niédðearf dæt mon mid micelre gemetgunge swelcra scylda ðreáunga gelíðigie and gemetgige

    necesse est, ut magno moderamine ipsa delicti correptio temperetur,

      Past. 158, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-líþigian.” 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/48708.

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