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ge-lútan

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of movement.
intrans.
To bend the body
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  • Þá lócode hé þǽr geloten and gebíged in þone ofn

    in clibanum incurvatus aspexit,

      Gr. D. 251, 26.
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To bend the head, place on a couch, recline
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  • Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges

    (reclinet),

      Mt. L. 8, 20: p. 15, 16.
of the day,
to decline, approach an end
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  • Ofernón oððe geloten dæg suprema (cf. suprema, quando sol suppremit, Corp. Gl. H. 112, 654;

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    :-- Þeáh seó sunne ofer midne dæg lúte tó þǽre eorþan,
      Bt. 25; F. 88, 25), Wrt. Voc. 53. 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-lútan.” 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/48750.

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