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ge-þringan

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intrans.
To press, force one's way
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  • Ic wolde on sume wísan inn geþringan,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 412.
trans.
To exert pressure on an object.
lit.
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  • Ðá menigo ðec geðringað

    turbae te comprimunt,

      Lk. L. R. 8, 45.
to use violence with a person,
oppress, conquer a people or country
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  • Gotan þreáte geþrungon þeódlond monig, Met. 1, 3. (2 a)

    to force, gain by force from (on )

    a person :-- Mæg ic þis setl on eów butan earfeðum ána geþringan (-dringan,
      MS.), Gú. 216.
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[O. Sax. ge-þringan.]
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