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ge-ortrúwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to despair of.
with gen.
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  • Geseah hé ꝥ án leó genóm ꝥ cild . . . hé ðá wæs geortrúwod þæs cildes,

      Hml. S. 30, 178.
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  • Be Godes mildheortnesse geortrúwian de Dei misericordia desperare, R. Ben. I. 22, 11. I a. reflex. to cause (oneself) to despair, to despair :-- Ne geortrúwige nán man hine sylfne for his synna micelnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 124, 30. ¶ ge-ortrúwod

    desperate

    :-- Hwilc ánwilnys and geortrúwad wylla,
      Hml. S. 4, 310.
to make doubtful about
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  • Nolde God ꝥ hí wǽron geortrúweda be þám wéne þǽra ælmæssena ut non de eleemosynarum aestimatione fallerentur, Gr. D. 331, 28. II a.

    to doubt.

1 a,
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