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ge-wídmǽran

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-wídmǽran, ge-wídmǽrian; p. de, ode ; pp. ed. od.
to spread the fame of, celebrate
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  • Þæs hálinysse hlísa hine sylfne gewídmǽrode (-mǽrsode, v. l.) feorr and wíde

    cujus sanctitatis opinio sese ad notitiam hominum longe lateque tetenderat,

      Gr. D. 44, 2.

  • Hí þanon gangende gewídmǽrodon (diffamaverunt, v. Mt. 9, 31 (the passage quoted), where the word is translated gewídmǽrsudim. To the same passage belongs the gloss gewídmǽrdan (gewídmǽrsan, 26, 32)

    difamavenmt, Wrt.

      Voc. ii. 72, 41)
    )
to spread the knowledge of a circumstance,
report widely
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  • Wæs gewídmǽred (-mǽrsod, v. l.) ꝥ hé betwih gebedes word his líf geendade

    uulgatum est quod inter uerba orationis uitam finierit,

      Bd. 3, 12 ; Sch. 245, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wídmǽran.” 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/50465.

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