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ge-twǽman

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-twǽman, -twéman; p. de; pp. ed [twǽman]
to separate To cut off; separate, divide; sepărāre, sejungĕre, dīvĭdĕre
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  • Ic hine ne mihte ganges getwǽman

    I could not cut him off from his course,

    • Beo. Th. 1940
      • ;
    • B. 968
      • :
    • L. N. P. L. 65
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 300, 28
      • .

  • Ðá man getwǽmde ðæt ǽr wæs gemǽne Criste and cynincge

    then was separated what was before in common to Christ and the king,

    • L. Eth. ix. 38
      • ;
    • Th. i. 348, 20
      • :
    • Wald. 88
      • ;
    • Vald. 2, 16
      • .

  • Ne getwǽme nán mann ða ðe God gesomnode

    quod Deus conjunxit, hŏmo non sepăret,

    • Mt. Bos. 19, 6
      • .

  • Beó ǽlc sacu getwǽmed

    let every strife be appeased,

    • L. Eth. v. 19
      • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 30
      • .

  • Getwéman

    to alienate,

    • Basil admn. 4
      • ;
    • Norm. 40, 29, note p
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-twǽman.” 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/16652.

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