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gebringan

  • verb [ strong ]
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gebringan, he -bringeþ, -brincþ; p. -brang, -brong; pp. brungen [ge-, bringan to bring]
To bring, lead, adduce, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, addūcĕre, prodūcĕre, offerre
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  • He mæg ðone láðan gást fleónde gebringan

    he may bring the evil spirit to flight,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 176
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    • Sal. 87
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    • Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 4
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  • Gif ðú mec gebringest

    if thou bring me,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 31
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    • Sal. 16
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  • Storm oft holm gebringeþ

    the sea often brings a storm,

    • Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 19
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    • Gn. Ex. 51
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  • Ðe hine gebrincþ to ðære byrig

    which brings him to the city,

    • Homl. Th. i. 164, 9: 198, 20
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  • Ða hine on yrre gebringaþ

    they bring him to anger;

    in īra provŏcant,

    • Ps. Th. 65, 6
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  • Ðæt he hine on orwénnysse gebringe

    that he may bring him to despair,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 17
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    • Homl. Th. i. 8, 13
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    • Rood Kmbl. 275
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    • Kr. 139
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  • Ðæt we ðone gebringen [MS. gebringan] on ádfære

    that we bring him on the way to the pile,

    • Beo. Th. 6010
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    • B. 3009
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    • Homl. Th. i. 164, 11
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gebringan.” 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/13772.

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