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ge-mǽnsumian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Substitute: ge-mǽnsumian, ge-mǽnsuman; p. ode, ede.
to make one's own common to others,
to impart, communicate,
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  • Seó þeód þone wísdóm Angelfolce cýðde and gemǽnsumode (-ede,

    v.l.] gens illa scientiam populis Anglorum communicare curavit,

      Bd. 5, 22 ; Sch. 682, 13.
  • Gé wilniað ús þá þing gemǽnsumian (-suman, v.l.) (communicare), I. 25 ; Sch. 55, 7. (l a) to administer the Eucharist :-- Húsel ꝥ genihtsumige tó gemǽnsumigenne eallum

    eucharistia quae sufficit ad communicandum cunctis,

      Angl. xiii. 415; 708.
intrans.
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  • Neódum háligra gemǽnsumigende necessitatibus sanctorum communicantes, Scint. 147, 13. (2 a) of speech, to talk to :-- Ná gemǽnsuma þú menn ungelǽredum

    non communices homini indocto;

    jest not with a rude man (Ecclus.
      8, 4), Scint. 97, 8.
to join with others in taking, to partake, communicate (in an ecclesiastical sense), with gen.
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  • Ic on þǽre cyrcan þæs Drihtlican líchaman and his blódes gemǽnsumode,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 627.
  • Gemǽnsumeden heó þæs líchaman úres Drihtnes, 113.
  • Gemǽnsumigende gerýnse[s]

    communicans sacramentum (Dominicum),

      An. Ox. 2140.
to make a union between, unite, join, associate (trans.)
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  • Ic mé gemǽnsumode þám líffæstan gerýnum úres Drihtnes, Hml. S. 23 b, 503. III a. of matrimonial union, to unite in marriage, to marry. Cf. ge-mǽnung :-- Ne hiá biðon gemǽnsumad, i. ne ceorl hæfis wífes gemána, ne wíf hæfis ceorles

    neque nubentur,

      Mk. L. R. 12, 25.
to have fellowship with, associate (intrans.),
have to do with
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  • Ic ne gemǽnsumige mid gecorenum heora

    non communicabo cum electis eorum,

      Ps. L. 140, 4.
  • Sé þe gemǽnsumað mid ofermódigum

    qui communicauerit cum superbo,

      Scint. 83, 5.
to defile
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  • Þás yfelu gemǽnsumiað

    (communicant, i. contaminant)

    mann,
      Scint. 102, 17.
Etymology
[O.H.Ger. ge-meinsamón communicare, participare.]
Similar entries
v. mǽnsumnian.
Linked entries
v.  -mǽnsumian.
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