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ge-wífian

  • verb [ weak ]
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absolute
, to marry, take a wife
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  • Æfter heora gewunan hé gewífode. Hml. A. 95, 105.

  • Hé sǽde ꝥ hé gewiifad hæfde

    se uxoreo uinculo conligatumfvisse respondit,

      Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 3.

  • Manige habbaþ genóg gesǽlilíce gewífod

    ille nuptiisfelix,

      Bt. 11, 1 ; F, 32. 5.
with on (with dat.),
to marry a person
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  • Hé on his ágenre swyster gewífode,

      Wlfst. 106, 13.

  • Gewífede,

    Sal. K. p.

      121, 30.

  • Hé gewífode on ðæs cyninges dehter,

    Hml. Th. i.

      478, 23.

  • Ne on gehálgodre nunnan.

    . . ǽnig crísten man ne gewífige ǽfre,
      Ll. Th. i. 318, 18 : Cht. E. 231, 14.

  • Gif hwá his rihtǽwe forlǽte, and on óðran wife gewífige,

      Ll. Th. ii. 300, 24.

  • Þæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde oð þæt hé on rihtre ǽwe gewífige, Wlfst. 304, 21. ꝥ ǽnig crísten mann binnan .vi. manna sibfæce on his ágenan cynne ǽfre ne gewifie, Ll. Th. i. 364, 23: 318, 13. (2 a) with reflex, dat. :-- Hí gewifodon him on þám hǽðenum mǽdenum

    duxerunt uxores filias eorum,

      Jud. 3. 6.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wífian.” 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/50469.

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