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ge-uferian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to elevate, exalt.
of local relations
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  • Heálicum bígelsum geufered

    celsis fornicibus sublimatus,

      An. Ox. 513.
of sound,
to raise the voice
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  • Se stunta on hlehtre his stefne geuferað

    stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam,

      R. Ben. 30, 10.
of rank, position
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  • God hí (

    Mary

    ) ofer engla weredum geufrode,
      Hml. Th. i. 440, 10.

  • Þone (

    Haman) geuferode (exaltavit )

    se cyning ofer ealle his þegnas,
      Hml. A. 96, 128: 101, 325.

  • Mardochéus micclum wæs gewurðod and swíðe geuferod

    sublimitas qua exaltavit Mardochaeum scripta est,

    321.

  • Geufered

    fretus (sceptris imperialibus ),

      An. Ox. 398.

  • Geuferod, 1470. (3 a) used of a place :-- Gesundfullum gesǽlinessum geoffred (u

    is written over o) (Syracusae) prosperis successibus sublimatur,

      An. Ox. 3996.
of moral excellence
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  • On heálicere héhnysse geufere[de]

    edito (virginitatis) fastigio sublimati,

      An. Ox. 931.
to put off, defer
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  • Oft ðá ðwyran déman for heora gítsungae þone dóm geuferiað and ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled,

      Ll. Lbmn. 475, 41.

  • Wæs þæs cnihtes deáð twá niht geuferod ofer ꝥ

    per biduum mors eius dilata est,

      Gr. D. 301, 2.

  • Gif wé fæstað and ꝥ underngereord tó þám ǽfengifle healdað, þonne ne biþ ꝥ nán fæsten, ac bið seó metetíd geuferad and bið ꝥ ǽfengyfel getwifealdad,

      Ll. Th. ii. 436, 30.
  • [O. H. Ger. ge-obarón differre.] Cf. ge-yferian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-uferian.” 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/50330.

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