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§35; §112; §391;
Add: I. the faculty of memory
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  • Seó sáwul is

    memoria

    , ꝥ is gernynd, þonne heó gemanð,
      Hml. S. I. 185.

  • Gé hwæthwega godcundlices on eówerne sáule habbaþ, þæt is andgit and gemynd and se gesceádwísa willa,

      Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 25.

  • Ǽghwilc ungemyndig hine sceolde eft gewendan in tó sínum módes gemynde

    quod quisque discit, immemor recordatur.

      Met. 22, 58.

  • II, the state of being remembered :-- Hé gemynd dyde mǽrra wundra

    memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum;

    he hath made his wonderful works to be remembered (A.
      V.), Ps. Th. 110, 3.
  • II a. in phrases.
on gemynd
so as to preserve the remembrance
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  • Byð gesǽd on hyre gemynd þæt heó þiss dyde,

      Mt. 26, 13: Mk. L. R. 14, 9.

  • Þis wæs gedón on mín gemynd,

      Bl. H. 69, 20.

  • Gé monigfeald on gemynd witon, alra tácna gehwilc

    you know everything that can keep alive the memory (of the Trojan War), El.

    644.
(to be in)
mind
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  • Byð on éceum gemynde ǽghwylc,

      Ps. Th. 111, 6: Rtl. 177, 35.

  • Seó gesihð him wæs on swá micelre gemynde the vision was so well remembered by him, Shrn. 51, 33.

    (2 a) the state of being remembered and considered.

      Cf. VIII :-- Wæs him on gemynde (cf. hé ongeat, Bt. l; F. 2, 14)
    yfel and edwít, þæt him kyningas cýðdon, Met. l, 54.

  • Hire wæs Godes egsa mára in gemyndum þonne eall þæt máððum-gesteald,

      Jul. 36: Gú. 139: Bo. 30.
(to have, bear, & c. in) mind.
Cf. VIII
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  • ' Gemunst þú ꝥ ic þé ǽr sǽde. ' ' ꝥ ic hæbbe genóg feste on gemynde, ' Bt. 36, 3 ; F. 176,

      24. ꝥ hé
    é

  • Æghwylc þára is wyrðe synderlíce in gemyndum tó habbanne

    sunt digna memorie singula,

      Angl. iv. 140, 22.

  • Lǽt þé on gemyndum

    (remember),

    hú mé bysmredon weras,
      An. 962.
(to come to (into) , occur to)
mind
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  • Mé arn tó gemynde oft,

      Ll. Lbmn. 269, 16.

  • Hwílum án, hwílum óðru cymð tó gemynde,

      Past. 413, 30.

  • Mé cóm oft on gemynd,

      3, 2.

  • Þæt unriht on gemynd cume

    in memoriam redeat iniquitas. Ps.

      Th. 108, 14.
  • Gode nó syððan hié in gemynd cumað, El. -303-
(to bring, call to]
mind
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  • Him in gemynd his Dryhtnes naman dumba bróhte,

      Rä. 60, 7. (5 a) (to take to (into
    ] , fix in) mind :-- Ðeáh ealra þǽra worda hí wǽron forgytene, námon him þá gedwoll-men ǽnlípige tó gemynde

    though they did not remember all those words, the heretics kept in mind single ones,

      Hml. S. 23, 390.

  • Ic nam mé tó gemynde þá gewritu and þá word þe se arceƀ mé fram þám pápan bróhte,

      Cht. E. 229, 23.

  • Þára manna gehwám þe on gemynd nime . . . ,

      El. 1233.
(out of) mind
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  • Ne cumon eów þás word of gemynde swá lange swá gé lybbon

    ne obliviscaris verborum quae viderunt oculi tui, et ne excidant de corde tuo cunctis diebus vitae tuae,

      Deut. 4, 9.

  • Wé lǽtað hit of gemynde swilce hit nǽfre ne gewurde,

      Hml. S. 23, 278.

  • III.

    memory

    of many persons :-- Hé folces frið bétte swíðost þára cyninga þe ǽr him gewurde be manna gemynde,
      Chr. 959 ; P. 114, 22.

  • III a.

    the length of time over which the recollection of a number of persons extends, (within living) memory

    :-- Sume ǽr, sume síð, sume in úsra tída gemyndum,
      Gfl. 849.

  • IV. that which is remembered, the account of events so far as they are recollected :-- Eal þæt gemynd þe tó cýðanne wǽron memoria digna (the Latin seems misunderstood as

    memoria

    is ablative),
      Bd. prep. ; Sch. 3, 3.
  • IV a. that which is remembered of a person or thing, memory, remembrance, recollection of.
with gen.
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  • Ðæt góde mód ðe sió hǽlo áweg ádriéfð ðæt gemynd ðǽre medtrymnesse

    (infirmitatis memoria

    ] geedniéwað, Past. 255, 17 : 463, 16.

  • Onbryrded mid gemynde his synna

    conpunctus memoria peccatorum suorum,

      Bd. 3, 27; Sch. 319, 17.

  • Hæfde ic þáget hwæthwega gemynd on mínum móde þǽre unrótnesse þe ic ǽr hæfde

    ego nondum penitus insiti moeroris oblitus,

      Bt. 36, l; F. 170, 26.
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  • Ná hí gemynd hæfdan hú his hand werede

    non sunt recordati manum ejus, qua die liberavit eos,

      Ps. Th. 77, 42.

  • IV b. recollection perpetuated among men, (blessed) memory :-- Gemynd ðín ðorhwunað in weoruld weorulde

    memoriale tuum permanet in saeculum saeculi,

      Ps. Srt. 101, 13 : 134, 13.

  • Heora gemynd wunaþ,

      Bl. H. 171, 32.

  • Gimynd

    (memoria)

    míno in gecneóreso woruldo.
      Rtl. 3, 34.

  • Ic gedó þæt hira gemynd geswícð of eallum mannum,

      Deut. 32, 26.

  • Ðǽre eádegan gemynde wer

    reverendae memoriae vir,

      Past. 173, 16.

  • Ic ádílige Amaleches gemynd,

      Ex. 17, 14 : Chr. 979; P. 123, 20.

  • Martira gemynd áreccan,

      Men. 69.
  • V. something which serves to commemorate, a commemoration, memorial,
a material object
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  • Betere is þæt se cásere . . . gecneówige æt ðæs fisceres gemynde, þonne se fiscere cneówige æt ðæs cáseres gemynde,

      Hml. Th. i. 578, 5-8.

  • Tó þám gemynde (

    a memorial church

    ) þæs hálgan
      Stephanes, ii. 26, 27.

  • Þa stánas beóð hér tó gemynde (

    ad monumentum

    ] Israéla bearnum, Jos. 4, 7: Bl. H. 189, 15.

  • Wrít þis on béc tó gemynde

    scribe hoc ob monumentum in libro,

      Ex. 17, 14.
  • Forlét hé his fét þǽr on þá eorþan besincan mannum tó écre gemynde. Bl. H. 127, 22.

  • Wegan máððum tó gemyndum,

      B. 3016.

  • Dryhtne in gemyndum,

      Gú. 186.

  • Gé frætwæþ gemynde sóðfestra

    ornatis monumenta justorum,

      Mt. R. 23, 29.
a non-material object
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  • Þæt ys mín nama and þæt ys mín gemynd

    (memoriale)

    , Ex-
      3, 15.

  • Nú is seó mæsse þe man mæssað gemynd his þrowunge,

      Ll. Th. ii. 376, 13.
  • V a. with reference to the dead,
commemoration service
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  • On ðæt gerád ꝥ mín gemynd mid him þý fæstlícor sió, and hió ǽlce gére gemyndgien ðá tíde mínes forðsíðes,

      C. D. v. 186, 6.

  • Tó his gemunde dege

    ad anniversarium ejus,

      Cht. Th. 493, 13.

  • On þá gerád þe man [his] gemynd æfter his dege tó þǽre hálgan stówe dó in Wintanceastre,

      158, 15.

  • Tó tídsongum mín gemund dón,

      159, 9.
annual commemoration of a saint
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  • On ðone fíf and twéntegðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sce Urbanes gemynd,

      Shrn. 86, 9.

  • Gemin[d] dóþ þǽre hálgon Margaretan

    memoriam beatissime Margaretae facile

    (Hml.
      A. 220, 426), Nar. 49, 16.

  • VI. what puts in mind, a reminder, warning :-- Magon wé ús þis

    (the case just told)

    tó gemyndum habban, and þás bysene on úrum heortum staþelian, ꝥ wé ne sceolan lufian worlde glengas tó swíþe,
      Bl. H. 113, 34.

  • Þæt mæg ǽghwylcum men tÓ gemyndum módsnottera,

      Seel. 128.

  • VII. mention, record :-- Ðrǽles gódes and yfles gemynd áworden

    serui boni maliqne mentione facta,

      Lk. p. 7, 18.

  • Him on gómum bið Godes gemynd

    exaltationes Dei in faucibus eorum,

      Ps. Th. 149, 6.

  • Ic syngode mid gemynde þæs fácnes, þǽr nán næs,

      Hml. A. 135, 640.

  • Gemind

    mentionem, i. memoriam,

      An. Ox. 4350.

  • Mid þám cnihte þæs gemynd ic ǽr bufan dyde

    cum puerulo, cujus superius memoriam feci,

      Gr. D. 112, 27.

  • VIII.

    the action or state of thinking about, minding, heeding something, thought of (gen. ]

    :-- Mága gemynd mód geondhweorfeð,
      Wand. 51.

  • Hí unwære men áweniaþ from Godes gemynde,

      Bl. H. 61, 25.

  • His gást áhwearf in Godes gemynd,

      Dan. 630 : Cri. 1537.

  • Ic þín gemynd on módsefan begange

    memor fui tui,

      Ps. Th. 62, 6.

  • Sé þe forhogaþ ꝥ hé Godes bebodu healde oþþe ǽnig gemynd hæbbe Drihtnes eáþmódnesse,

      Bl. H. 83, 16 : Fä. 63.

  • Drihten sylle þé gemynd his beboda,

      Angl. xii. 516, 3: Hy. 4, 22.

  • IX. mind, purpose :-- Næs him milde gemynd on módsefan, and hé þearfendra éhte

    non est recordatus facere misericordiam, et persecutus est hominem pauperem,

      Ps. Th. 108, 16.

  • IX a. gemynd(e) habban to have a mind, be disposed, desire :-- Þá þe þæs gemynde mycle habbað, þæt heó his word efnan

    memoria retinentes mandata ejus, ut faciant ea,

      Ps. Th. 102, 17.

  • X.

    the moral tendency, moral character

    :-- Sceal on leóht cuman sínra weorca wlite and worda gemynd and heortan gehygd fore heofona cyning,
      Cri. 1038.

  • XI.

    mind, consciousness, intellect

    :-- On ferhðcofan fæste genearwod, móde and gemynde, þæt hé mægða síð wíne druncen gewitan ne meahte,
      Gen. 2604.

  • On gemynd drepen

    stupefied,

    1571.

  • Monna gehwylcum þe gemynd hafað,

      Cri. 431.

  • Hý láre bǽron in his módes gemynd ,

      Gú. 89.
  • Hé sealde him snyttru on sefan gehygdum, mægen-fæste gemynd, 445: El. 1248.

  • Þurh gemynda spéd, worde and gewitte, wÍse þance,

      Gen. 1957.
  • XI a. in a personal sense

    Críst eardað on þǽre dene eádmódnesse and on þám gemvnde wísdómes (

    in the person who has wisdom in his mind

    ?), for þám simle se wísa mon eall his líf lǽt orsorh,
      Bt. 12 ; F. 36, 23.

  • XII.

    the healthy state of the mental faculties, (sound) mind,

    v. ge-myndleás :-- Ne lét hé búton swilce hé of his gemynde wǽre,
      Hml. S. 23, 634.

  • Hé wæs onwended of his sylfes gemyndum, Gr. D. 260, II. XII a. waking or normal consciousness :-- Gimynde biniming lithargiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73, Se áwyrgeda gást swá swíþe hine drehte þæt hé his sylfes nǽnig gemynd ne hæfde

    ab immundi spiritus violentia grassabatur, ita ut, quid esset, vel quo sederet, vel quid parabat facere, nesciret,

      Guth. Gr. 148, 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-mynd.” 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/48959.

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