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ge-strangian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to strengthen a person,
in respect to bodily health
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  • Wundorlíce þeós wyrt gestrangað,

      Lch. i. 134, 5.

  • Hý

    (certain herbs)

    tó mete geþigede mycelon ðone líchaman gestrangiað,
      320, 20.

  • Gif hé on fefore sý, syle drincan on wearmum wætere; mycelon hé byþ gebét and gestrangod,

      214, 12.

  • Ðú bist gestrangod

    foueris,

      Kent. Gl. 114.
in respect of mental, spiritual, &c., condition
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  • Ealle þá þe mé ǽfre yfel cwǽdon gestranga tó þínum willan,

      Angl. xii. 501, 6.

  • Gestrangiað eówere heortan and eówer mód

    confortetur cor vestrum.

      Ps. Th. 30, 28.

  • God ús gestrangige and getrymme tó úre ágenre þearfe,

      Wlfst. 306, 13.

  • Ðæt hié hera mód mid gestæððignesse gestrongien

    ut mentem gravitate roborent,

      Past. 307, 20.

  • Sié gestrongod heorte ðín,

      Ps. Vos. 26, 14.
to make powerful,
of ability to resist attack
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  • Gestrangað þé God ongeán þíne fýnd,

      Angl. xii. 517, 25.

  • Þæt mægen þǽra synfulra byð forbrocen, ac Drihten gestrangað

    (confirmat)

    þá rihtwísan.
      Ps. Th. 36, 16.

  • Þú mé gestrangodest beforan þínre ansýne,

      40, 12.

  • Ne bið gestrangad

    non roborabitur (homo ex impietate),

      Kent. Gl. 393.

  • Oþ þæt þú gestrangle heora mód on mínne geleáfan,

      Bl. H. 249, 9.Þá þeóda
    a
of ability to act
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  • Þú gestrangodes þíne handa ofer mé,

      Ps. Th. 37, 2.
  • Hé þé and ús gestrangige, and ús gerecce þá weorc tó begangenne þe him lícige. Hml. S. 23 b, 75.

  • Þá þe feódon mé gestrongade wííron ofer mé,

      Ps. Vos. 17, 18.
to strengthen a thing,
to restore health
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  • Begýmed, gestranged

    fotam, i. confortatam (medicamine ualetudinem),

      An. Ox. 4353.
to strengthen, fortify a place
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  • Ðá hé gestrangade

    quando vallabat (gyro abyssos),

      Kent. Gl. 272.
to make powerful in operation
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  • Lǽcedómas ðe sume ádle gelytliað, and sume gestrongiað

    medicamentum quod hunc morbum imminuit, alteri vires jungit,

      Past. 173, 23.
to establish, strengthen purpose, faith, &c.
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  • Sint gestrangade roborantur (cogitationes consiliis), Kent. Gl. 747. B. intrans. To become strong :-- Þýfð gestrangað

    theft is committed with increasing frequency,

      Lch. iii. 186, 22.
  • Cf. ge-strengan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-strangian.” 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/49818.

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