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hap, fortune, v. ge-sǽlig; I
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  • Wǽgendre gesǽlignesse

    fallentis fortunae,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 73.
  • Gesǽlinesse

    fatu,

      An. Ox. 2627.
  • Hwæt wilnast þú þonne ꝥ þú hæbbe æt swelcre gesǽlignesse?

    quid autem tanto fortunae strepitu desiderastis ? Bt. 14, 2 ; F. 44, 5. I a. a hap, fortune, an event :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum secundis successibus, An. Ox. 2582 : prosperis successibus, i. fortunis,

    3995 : 4260.
happiness, good fortune, happy estate, v. gesǽlig; II.
of persons
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  • Ðyncð him ðæt hié wiellen ácuelan for ðǽre medtrymnesse ðæs óðres gesǽlignesse

    (felicitatis),

      Past. 231, 21.
  • Ðá sceáwede ic míne gesǽlinesse (

    felicitatem

    ) and mín wuldor and þá . . . gesǽlignisse mínes lífes,
      Nar. 7, 21.
of things,
favourable condition, richness of soil
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  • Þá gesǽlignesse þǽre eorðan

    fertilissimarum regionum felicitatem,

      Nar. 5, 23.
blessedness, beatitude, v. ge-sǽlig ;
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  • Ðú sǽdest ꝥ Godes gódness and his gesǽligness and hé self þæt ꝥ wǽre eall án

    ipsam boni formam, Dei, ac beatitudinis loquebaris esse substantiam,

      Bt. 35, 5; F. 164, 24.
a happiness, what is characterized by good fortune, a favourable condition or
circumstance.
ge-sǽlig; IV
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  • On eallum þisum líchamlicum gesǽlignessum,

      Bt. 24, 3; F. 84, 10.
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v. un-gesǽligness; ge-sǽlþ.
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