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Ge-wéman

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1 ge-wéman

p. de; pp. ed [ge-, wéman to persuade, entice] To turn, incline, seduce; inclīnāre, sedūcĕre :-- Hí næfdon ðone láreów ðe cúþe hí to sóþfæstnysse wege gewéman they had not the teacher who could incline them to the way of truth, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 30: i. 498, 18. Hine wolde se deófol fram Gode gewéman the devil would seduce him from God, ii. 448, 28: 478, 34: 542, 19. Seó costnung gewémþ ðone man to syngienne the temptation seduces the man to sin, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 9. Hí eów to óðrum Gode gewémaþ they will seduce you to another God, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 9. Ðæt we ne sceolon ná geþafian ðæt deófol us gewéme fram Cristes bróðorrǽdene we should not allow the devil to seduce us from the brotherhood of Christ, i. 260, 11. ge-weman
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