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ge-béd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-béd, -bédd; gen. es; pl. nom. acc. -béd, -bédu, -bédo; n. [The other dialects seem to point to 'gebed :' O. Sax. gibed : O. H. Ger. gabet : Ger. gebet.]
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §563;
a prayer, petition, supplication; ōrātio, prĕces, supplĭcātio
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  • Gebéd mín on bósme mínum sý gecyrred

    ōrātio mea in sĭnum meum convertētur,

    • Ps. Spl. 34, 16
      • .

  • Gehýr mín gebéd

    exaudi orātiōnem meam,

    • Ps. Th. 54, 1
      • .

  • Ðú mínes gebédes béne gehýrdest

    exaudīvisti vōcem orātiōnis meæ,

    • 114, 1 : 129, 1
      • .

  • Beald in gebéde

    bold in prayer,

    • Exon. 71 a; Th. 265, 28
      • ;
    • Jul. 388
      • .

  • Wæs wacigende on Godes gebéde

    ĕrat pernoctans in orātiōne Dei,

    • Lk. Bos. 6, 12
      • .

  • Hie to gebéde feóllon

    they fell to prayer,

    • Cd. 37; Th. 48, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 777
      • .

  • Hý gebédu sécaþ

    they seek prayers,

    • Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 20
      • ;
    • Gú. 781
      • :
    • Cd. 181; Th. 227, 24
      • ;
    • Dan. 191
      • .

  • Ðæt hí béna and gebédu sendan and geótan

    qui prĕces fundant,

    • Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 8
      • .

  • His gebédo mihte gesécan

    ad deprecandum Dŏmĭnum advĕnīre dēbēret,

    • 3, 23; S. 554, 11
      • .

  • Mid ðý he ðá ðæt gebédd gefylde

    cum orātiōnem complēret,

    • Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 7
      • .

  • Wesan ðíne eáran eác gehýrende and beheldende on eall gebédd esnes ðínes

    fiant aures tuæ intendentes in orātiōnem servi tui,

    • Ps. Th. 129, 2
      • .
a religious service, an ordinance; verbum legĭtĭmum, cærĭmōnia
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  • Gehealdaþ ðis gebéd on écnysse

    custōdi verbum istud legĭtĭmum in æternum,

    • Ex. 12, 24
      • .
Derived forms
béd
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v.  beád ge-beod.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-béd.” 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/13597.

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