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to be or
to become frequent, happen frequently
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  • Þonne middangeardes wíta gelómlǽcað,

      Hml. Th. i. 612, 7.

  • Efne ðá fǽrlíce æteówdon gelómlǽcende lígas sweartes fýres

    ecce subito apparent crebri flammarum tetrarum globi

    (Bd.
      Sch. 617), ii. 350, 19.

  • Þes middangeard is mid ylde ofsett swylce mid gelómlǽcendum hefigtýmnyssum tó deáðe geðreád,

      614, 21: 578, 34.
to do frequently, repeat
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  • Gelómlǽcþ

    iterat, repetit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 63.

  • Gelómlǽcende iteranda, An. Ox. 3824. II a. to denote frequent action :-- Sume word synd gecwedene

    frequentativa,

    þæt synd gelómlǽcende, for ðan ðe hí getácniað gelómlǽcunge,
      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 213, 7.
to frequent, visit frequently
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  • Gelómlǽcþ

    frequentat, visitat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 63.
to visit in large numbers, celebrate a festival
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  • Gelómlǽc

    celebres, frequentes,

      Hpt. 31, 8, 134.

  • For symbelnysse gelómlǽcende

    pro festivitate frequentanda.

      An. Ox. 3824.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lómlǽcan.” 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/48729.

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