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Ge-win

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1 ge-win

n. [winnan to fight]. I. a battle, contest, war, strife, quarrel, hostility, tumult; certāmen, pugna, bellum, tŭmultus :-- On ða tíde Troiána gewin wearþ the Trojan war happened at that time, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 24; Met. 26, 12. Sceolde he worc ðæs gewinnes gedǽlan he must get pain on account of that struggle, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 24; Gen. 296: 17; Th. 21, 12; Gen. 323: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 101; Met. 25, 51. On ðam gewinne in the contest, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 31: 38, 1; Fox 194, 8: Rood Kmbl. 129; Kr. 65. Hie gewin drugon they fought, Beo. Th. 1601; B. 798: 1758; B. 877. Heora gewinn mid ðam swíðe geiécton their quarrel was thus much strengthened, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 109, 4: 5, 13; Bos. 112, 43. He his módsefan wið ðam fǽrhagan fæste trymede feónda gewinna he firmly strengthened his mind against the peril of the fiends' hostilities, Exon, 46 b; Th. 159, 29; Gú. 934. II. labour, toil, sorrow, agony; lăbor, trībŭlātio, ăgōnia :-- Ðis gewin hic lăbor, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 29. Gewinn and sár lăbor et dŏlor, Ps. Th. 89, 11: 72, 13. Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2. Ðú scealt wunian in gewinne thou shalt continue in toil, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 14; Cri. 622: 32 a; Th. l01, 10; Cri. 1656: Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 17. He wæs on gewinne factus in ăgōnia, Lk. Bos. 22, 44. Þurh mycel gewinn with much toil, Guthl. 16; Gdwin. 68, 5. On gewinnum in lăbōrĭbus, Ps. Th. 106, 11: 72, 4, III. fruit of laborers, gain, profit; fructus lăbōrum, lucrum, quæstus :-- Hí folca gewinn fremdra gesǽton lăbōres pŏpŭlōrum possĕdĕrunt, Ps. Th. 104, 39: 77, 46. Gif hwilc man leóht déþ on mínum cirican of his gewinne if any man puts a light in my church [bought] out of his gain, Nar. 47, 6, 15. [O. Sax. ge-win strife: O. H. Ger. ga-win labor, certamen, quæstus: Ger. ge-winn gain.] ge-win
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ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᚾ

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German
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Old High German

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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