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ge-níwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to renovate, restore what has decayed or been injured.
the object material
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  • Eft geníuað wæs hond his

    restituta est manus ejus,

      Lk. L. 6, 10.

  • Eal bið geníwað feðerhoma, swá hé æt frymðe wæs,

      Ph. 279.

  • Hé (

    the Phenix

    ) forð wunað wæstmum geníwad, ealles edgiong, 580.

  • Hrægl bið geníwad,

      Rä. 14, 9.
the object non-material
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  • Eft geníues

    restituens,

      Mt. p. 13, 4.

  • Hé eft geníweges alle

    restituet omnia,

      Mt. L. 17, 11.

  • Gást rehtne geniówa,

      Ps. Srt. 50, 11: Ps. C. 93.

  • Ðá eftácennednisses hérnise giníwe gimeodumad arð

    quos regenerations misterio innovare dignatus es,

      Rtl. 35, 17.

  • Wǽron ǽrendræcan gesend tó Englalande tó geníweanne ðone geleáuan ðá Sc̃s Gregorius ús sende,

      Chr. 785; P. 54, 12.

  • Bið geníwad feorh,

      Ph. 279.
to renew what has ceased to operate
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  • Hyht wæs geníwad,

      Cri. 529: An. 1012: Jul. 607: Gú. 926: Kr. 148: Jud. 98.

  • Sorg bið geníwad,

      Wand. 50: B. 1322.

  • Cearo bið geníwad,

      Wand. 55: B. 1303.

  • Þá se wyrm onwóc, wróht wæs geníwad, 2287. II a. to repeat :-- Giníwia

    frequentare,

      Rtl. 9, 13.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-niwón renovare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-níwian.” 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/49073.

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