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ge-stíran

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Take here ge-steoran, ge-stióran, ge-stiéran, ge-stýran in Dict., and add: I. to guide, direct
a person
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  • Meaht þú Adame gestyran . . . and he þínum wordum getrýwð,

      Gen. 568.

  • Higo ðín rumlíce bihalda . . . "þte beodum sié gisteóred

    familiam tuam pro-pitius intuere . . . ut precibus gubernetur,

      Rtl. 59, 27.
an action
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  • Dédo usra gerihta and gestióra ðú

    actas nostros dirigas et gubernas,

      Rtl. 174, 35. II. to restrain
a person (dat.) from action (gen. or clause) by (mid. or inst. ) certain means,
with dat. of person only
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  • Forstond þú mec and gestýr him

    (devils),

      Hy. 4, 58.
with dat. of person and means used
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  • Gif him Scipia ne gestirde . . . mid þǽm p he his sweord gebrǽd,

      Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 21.

  • Mid þǽm him wæs swíþost gestiéred þæt him mon gehét fulwiht,

      6, 33; S. 288, 24.

  • Ðǽm scamleásan ne wyrð nó gestiéred bútan micelre tǽlinge

    impudentes ab impudentiae vilio non nisi increpaíio dura compescit,

      Past. 205, 22.
with gen. of action and means
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  • Ðætte hie mid hiora onwalde gestieren,(-stíran, v.l.) ðára scylda,

      Past. 116, 14.

  • Hié monegra unðeáwa gestiéran (-stíran,

    v.l.

    ) meahton mid hiora lárum,
      44, 23.
with dat. of person, and
gen. of action
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  • Gyf heó hym hyra reáfláces ne gestýrað

    si non eos a rapacitate cohibeant,

      Ll. Lbmn. 475, 32.

  • Ne wolde þæt wuldres déma geþafian, ac hé him þæs þinges gestýrde,

      Jud. 60.

  • Þǽm Gotan þæs gewinnes gestiéran. Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, II. Hé him his unðeáwa ðonces gestiéran (-stíran,

    v.l.

    ) ne meahte,
      Past. 35, 19.

  • Gestíran ðǽre wilnunge ðǽm unmedemum,

      40, 4.

  • Gesteóran,

      Bt. 76, 4; F. 58, 15 : Ll. Th. i. 220, 20.

  • Gif þú þám sinfullan nelt synna gestýran and unriht forbeódan,

      Wlfst. 177, 5.

  • Swá wyrð gestiéred ðǽm gítsere ðæs reáfláces

    occasio rapiendi subtrahitur,

      Past. 341, II.
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  • Burgendum hé gestiérde ꝥ hié on Gallie ne wunnon,

      Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 23.

  • Þ ðá wítu gestírden óþrum ꝥ hí swá dón ne dorsten,

      Bt. 39, II ; F. 230, 7.
with dat. of person, gen. of action, and means
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  • Mid ðý gestiérde ðǽm wítgan his dyslicre wilnunge

    prohibuit prophetae insipientiam,

      Past. 257, 12.

  • Þætte him his feónd mæge swá eáþe gewinnes mid wordum gestiéran,

      Ors. 3, 1; S. 94, 32.
a thing in its operation,
with dat.
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  • Gif gítsunga ne bið gestiéred, hió wile weahsan mid ungemete

    avaritia, si in parvis non compescitur, sine mensura dilatatur,

      Past. 71, 16.
  • Þá monegan (yfelu) þe hié wéndon þæt hié mid hiera deófolgildum gestiéred hæfden. Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 4.
with acc.
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  • Unwoeder sǽs mid word gestiórde

    tempestatem maris uerbo compescit,

      Lk. p. 5, 19.

  • Þurh ús scylen bión hiora scylda gestiéred mid cræfte,

      Past. 117, 20.
to keep from a state or condition,
remove from
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  • Nis hit him nó swá longe áléfed swá þé ðyncð, ac dú miht ongitan ꝥ him biþ swíþe hrædlice gestióred (-stýred, v.l.) hiora orsorgnesse

    si id ipswm quod eis licere creditur auferatur.

      Bt. 38, 2 ; F. 196, 33.
to reprove, rebuke
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  • Gistiórende (-ande, L.) wæs ðǽm gáste

    comminatus est spiritui.

      Mk. R. 9, 25.

  • Sý him ǽne gestýred and eft and þriddan síðe

    correptus semel et iterum atgue tertio,

      R. Ben. 46, 18.

  • Sý him gestýred

    corripiatur,

      130, 20.

  • Gif hwylcum bréþer for ǽnigum gylte byþ gecíd oþþe gestýred

    (corripitur),

      131, 2.
Etymology
[O.H.Ger. ge-stiuren sublevare, sustentare.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-stíran.” 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/49813.

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