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ge-wlitegian

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  • Gewlitegaþ

    comat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 14.
physical,
to give (beautiful)
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  • Ðá gesceafta hé þwáraþ and gewlitegaþ, hwílum eft unwlitegaþ and on óþrum híwe gebrengþ

    elementa in se invicem temperat, et alterna commutatione transformat,

      Bt. 39, 8; F. 224, 9.
to decorate, ornament with
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  • Hé mid þám hræglum þus gewlitegod wæs gangende in ꝥ mynster,

      Gr. D. 131, 21.
non-physical
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  • Beón gewlitegod

    decorari (meritorum Margaritis ),

      An. Ox. 1197.

  • Gewlitegod

    decoretur, i. ornetur (mandatorum varietate ),

    1020.

  • Ðæt tácnað ðætte eal ðá gód and ðá mægenu beón gewlitegode mid ðǽre lufan Godes and monna

    ut omnia virtutum bona ex caritate decorentur,

      Past. 87, 4.
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v. ungewlitegian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wlitegian.” 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/50564.

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