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ge-þeówan

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ge-þeówan, to press.
Take here ge-þéwan, ge-þíwan, ge-þýwan, ge-þeón, ge-þýan, ge-þýn in Dict., and add:
physical,
to press.
to put pressure on an object at rest
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  • Se scamull him wæs geworden eall swá geþýwed weax scamnum illud factum est tanquam cera, Angl. xvii. 114, 7. (1 a)

    to press

    into a particular shape :-- Gǽten smeoro geþýd tó poslum,
      Lch. i. 354, 9.
to produce by pressure the shape of something,
make impress of, stamp
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  • Swilce mannes fótlásta fæstlíce on ðám stáne geðýde (cf. swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde,

      Bl. H. 205, 1), Hml. Th. i. 506, 12.
to cause to move by pressure, to thrust
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  • Geþýdum adacto, i. coacto (ense capulo tenus per utraque latera

    adacto,

      Ald. 70, 24), An. Ox. 4946.

  • Tó geþýdum,

      2, 411.
to compel, force a person to do something
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  • Ðá clericas þe Ceólnóð þár sette far swylcre neóde geðý[ed] (

    compulsus

    ) swá wé seggan wyllað,
      Chr. 870; P. 283, 29.
to oppress, subjugate
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  • Geðédum

    subjugatis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 69.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-þiwan; p. -þiwaida to pierce.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þeówan.” 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/50092.

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