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ge-medemian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Add: I. to make mean (v. medume; I), humble, bring to low estate
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  • Se myccla mægenþrym . . . þurh þone man gemede-mod wæs mannum tó helpe

    the great majesty (of Christ) through incarnation was brought to low estate for the help of men,

      Bl. H. 179, 9.
  • I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign.
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  • Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, ꝥ hé ús sealde þá wæstmas,

      Bl. H. 39, 17.

  • Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm,

      Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28.

  • We biddaþ þé ꝥ þú gemedemige þé, ꝥ þú cume,

      Nic. 10, 9. ꝥ ðú
    ú
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  • Ðá dá se Hǽlend man beón wolde, ðá gemedemode hé hine sylfne tó deáðe ágenes willan. Hml. Th. i. 224, 22.
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  • Hé wolde menniscnesse underfón, and tó ðan hine sylfne gemedemian þæt hé wolde beón geboren sóð man,

      Wlfst. 194, 3.
  • II. without personal object, to condescend, deign, vouchsafe.
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  • God sé þe gemedemað (dignatus est) eall syllan, teóþunge fram ús gemedemað

    (dignatur)

    ongeán biddan,
      Scint. 108, 19-109, l. ꝥ

  • Ðone deáð þe se Hǽlend gemedemode for mannum þrowian,

      Hml. Th. i. 50, 7. ꝥ þú
    ú

  • Gimeoduma ðú girihte

    digneris dirigere.

      Rtl. 171, 3.

  • Ðióstro gimetdomia ðú

    tenebras (auferre) digneris,

      38, 27.

  • Gibloedsia gimeodomia

    benedicere dignare,

      95, 8.

  • Gimeodumia,

      170, 21.
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  • Críst gimeodumode . ꝥte fulwad wére

    Christus dignatus est baptizari,

      Rtl. ll. ), 30.
  • III. in the following the construction seems determined by a misunderstanding of the Latin dignari, which is taken to be passive,
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  • Úsig eft giboeta gimeadumad arð

    nos instaurare dignatus es.

      Rtl. 23, 9.

  • Gimoedumad,

      36, 37.

  • Þone se Hǽlend wæs gemedemod tó his mild-heortnysse gecígan,

      Hml. S. 30, 353.
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  • Drihten, beó þú gemedemad mé tó gehéranne,

      Shr. 104, 22.

  • IV. to make fit, order, regulate :-- Swá gemedemod mid dæg þæt gewyrdan ealle þing

    sic temperatur, ut cum luce fiant omnia,

      R. Ben. I. 74, 4.

  • Sý gemedemud ǽt metes

    sit temperatus cibus escae,

      Scint. 50, 14.

  • V. to deem worthy to be in a state, position, & c. Cf. Hml. Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwǽdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wǽron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.' For ðon is se cwide gefylled,

    'Ecce quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, '

      Bl. H. 139, 26.

  • VI. to estimate, measure, fix the degree or worth of :-- Besceáwige hé á þone steal his gecyrrednesse and hine be þám gemedemige bútan hine mon for dám sácerdháde furðor forlǽte ilium locum attendat quando ingressus est in monasterio, non illum qui ei pro reuerentia sacerdotii concessus est, R. Ben. 107, II. Sý hé gemedemed on stede and on setle, swá swá his gecerrednes sý, 13, I. VI a. furþor gemedemian to honour, advance in dignity :-- -Gif hit swá getímige þæt se abbod and seó gecorenes þǽre geférrǽdenne hine for his lífes geearnunge weorðian wile and furðor gemedemian

    si forte electio congregationis et voluntas abbatis pro vite merito eum promovere voluerit,

      113, 8.

  • Gif se æþelborena mid godcundum cræfte þone unæþelborenan oferþýhií, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum þonne se unæþelborena,

      12, 16.

  • Furðor beón gemedemod

    in majori loco stabiliri,

    lio, 7.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. ge-metamén moderare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-medemian.” 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/48854.

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