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  • Getimberdon

    aedificabant,

      Lk. L. 17, 38.
construct a building
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  • Hé getimberde hús his on sonde

    aedificavit domum suam supra arenam,

      Mt. L. 7, 26.

  • Hé getimberde torr,

      21, 33.

  • Tor of mycclum beámum getimbrian,

      Bl. H. 183, 3. (1 a)
    used of the operations of the Deity :-- Hé getimbrode ðá heálican heofenan and ealne middaneard, Hml. Th. ii. 586, 29.
to
build a town,
to found
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  • On middeweardum hire ríce hió getimbrede Babylonia þá burg (

    Babylonem condidit

    ),
      Ors. 2, 1; S. 62, 15.

  • Hié getimbredon Effesum þá burg and monege óðere

    cum Ephesum aliasque urbes condidissent,

      1, 10; S. 46, 18.

  • Romus and Romulus Rómeburg getimbredon,

      2, 1; S. 60, 21.

  • Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs

    anno ab Urbe condita, 2, 3; S. 68, 4 (and often )

    :
      Chr. 409; P. 11, 18.
to rebuild, restore
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  • Hié (

    Rome

    ) eft Agustus bet getimbrede þonne hió ǽfre ǽr wǽre,
      Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 25.

  • Gewearð þá senatos þæt mon eft sceolde getimbran Cartainam

    Carthago restitui jussa,

      5, 5; S. 226, 16.
in the Chronicle the word seems to imply fortification
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  • Hé getimbrade Bebbanburh; sý wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and þǽr æfter mid wealle,

      Chr. 547; P. 17, 20.

  • Man þá burh worhte and getimbrede (getrymode,

    v. l.

    ) æt
      Withám, 913; P. 96, 25.

  • Hé hét gefaran þá burg æt Tofeceastre and hié getimbran (cf. mon worhte þá burg æt Tofeceastre mid stánwealle,

      102, 29), 921; P. 101, 2.

  • Hér on þison geáre wæs Wærincwíc getimbrod,

      915; P. 99, 9.
used figuratively
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  • Sé ðe þyllic weorc getimbrað on Godes gelaðunge,

      Hml. Th. ii. 590, 1. 'Ic
    hæbbe ðé gesetne ðæt ðú tóweorpe and getimbre.'

  • For ðǽm búton hé ðæt wóh ǽr tówurpe ne meahte hé nóht nytwyrðlíce ðæt ryht getimbran

      , Past. 441, 30-34.
to use as building material
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  • Swá hwá swá getimbrað ofer ðisum grundwealle gold oððe seolfor

    si quia superaedificat super fundamentum hoc aurum, argentum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 588, 23: 590, 9.
to edify, instruct
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  • Ꝥ hé sumne fæder funde þe hine on sumum þingum getimbrede ðæs ðe hé sylf ǽr ne cúðe,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 158.
  • Ne mæg ǽnig mann óþerne getimbrian búton hé hine sylfne gelómlíce behealde, 77.

  • Ic wolde eów áne race gereccan, seó mæig eówer mód getimbrian, gif gé mid gýmene hí gehýran wyllað,

      Hml. Th. i. 412, 36.
  • [Goth. ga-timrjan: O. H. Ger. ge-zimbrón constituere, aedificare.
Similar entries
v. ofer-getimbran; heáh-getimbred.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-timbran.” 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/50231.

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