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sound, without flaw or defect.
of persons,
in good health
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  • Sum móder bær hire sámcuce cild . . . hé cwæð þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 150, - 19.
  • Hé eóde cucu and gesund intó his byrgene, i. 74, 25.

  • Ne swelte ic mid sáre, ac ic gesund lifige,

      Ps. Th. 117, 17: Bl. H. 245, 14.

  • Hé is git hál and gesund

    viget incolumis,

      Bt. 10 ; F. 28, 14: Wrt. Voc. i. 46, 5.

  • Hé hine hálne and gesundne æteówde,

      Bl. H. 177, 27.

  • Þǽr wé gesunde sæl weardodon,

      B. 2075.
  • (l a) of spiritual health

    Wile fæder eahtan hú gesunde suna sáwle bringen,

      Cri. 1075.
of things
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  • Swá swá sió nafu bið gesund . . . Se wǽn biþ micle leng gesund þe lǽs biþ tódǽled from þǽre eaxe,

      Bt. 39, 7; F. 222, 26-29.

  • Hí eallne his líchaman gemétton onwealhne and gesundne

    inuenerunt corpus totum integrum,

      Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 534, 18.

  • Heora reáf wǽron ealle gesunde,

      Hml. S. 23, 438.
where injury is avoided,
uninjured.
of persons
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  • His gebedu ádwǽscton þone líg, and hé beláf gesund. Hml. S. 29, 251: Jul. 584.

  • Ne sý him bánes bryce . . . ac gé hine gesundne ásettað,

      Gú. 673.

  • Gesun[de] úp ástandan synd rǽdde

    sospites (e thermis) emersisse leguntur,

      An. Ox. 4783.
of things,
material
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  • Seó studu gesund and ungehrinen from þám fýre ástód

    posta tuta ab ignibus et intacta remansit,

      Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 14.

  • Gif sweordhwíta wǽpn tó feormunge onfó, oððe smið monnes andweorc, hié hit gesund bégen ágifan swá hit hwæðer hiora ǽr onfénge,

      Ll. Th. i. 74, 10.
non-material
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  • Þæt ic þín sóðfæst word gesund móte healdan,

      Ps. Th. 118, 20.

  • Þú hæfst gesund gehealden eall ꝥ deórwyrþoste þætte þú þé besorgast hæfde

    si quad in omni fortunae tuae censu pretiosissimum possidebas, id tibi divinitus illaesum atque inviolatam servatur,

      Bt. 10; F. 28, 9.
where danger is escaped,
safe,
of persons
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  • Þ hé hine gemundbyrde þá hwíle ðe hé þǽr wǽre, and hine gesundne eft þanon bróhte,

      Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 22.

  • Gehealde hine .xxx. nihta gesundne,

      Ll. Th. i. 90, 8.

  • Þæt hié him gesunde burgen

    subtrahentes se pugnae,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 80, 32.
  • Þancigende his gescyldnysse hí ealle gesunde cómon eft tó heora earde. Hml. S. 25, 453.

  • Stópon úp weras of wǽge and hyra wicg gesund,

      Ru. 23, 21.
of things,
that escapes danger
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  • Gesund

    salua (reverentia),

      An. Ox. 5269.
that averts danger (?)
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  • Mid gesunde

    cum tuta

    [v. (?) cum tuta pelta. Ald. II, 28], Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 32.
of a condition, free from evil, misery, &c.,
prosperous, happy
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  • Gesundne síð secgas áseten hæfdon,

      El. 997 : 1005.

  • Hí gesittað him on gesundum þingum,

      Gn. Ex. 57.

  • Gesundra

    dexterior,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 22.

  • Hit oft gesǽleð on þǽm sélran þingum and on þǽm gesundrum (in secundis rebus), Nar. 7a 26. IV a. in valedictory expressions :-- Heó rǽhte hire handa him tó and hét hine gesund faran (

    she bade him farewell),

      Ap. Th. 27, 2.
  • Farað nú gesunde and gesǽlige becumað. Hml. S. 6, 89.

  • Hé háteð hý gesunde faran,

      Cri. 1342.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sund.” 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/49855.

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