Ge-beorg
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-beorg
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-beorg
- Add :-- Geberg refugium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 74. I. verbal abstract. (1) protection, saving of an object :-- Bið sé gebeorges þe bet wyrðe, þe hé for neóde dyde ꝥ ꝥ hé dyde. Ll. Th. i. 412, 13. Gebeorhges, 328, 24. For þǽra gebeorge . . . ðe hé habban wyle gehealden and geholpen, Wlfst. 86, 18. Maria wæs Jósepe beweddod for micclum gebeorge (to secure effectual protection), Hml. Th. i. 40, 34. On gebeorge beón wudewum to be protecting widows, 118, 18. His folce tó gebeorge for the protection of his people, Hml. S. 25, 679. Tó gebeorge and to friðe eallum leódscipe, Ll. Th. i. 276, 21. Feóre to gebeorge to save his life, 330, 12. Sendan beágas wið gebeorge to send treasure in return for safety, i. e. to buy off attack, By. 31. Gebeorh praesidium i. adiutorium (Dei laturi), An. Ox. 2260. Begitað hí ðe máre gebeorh æt Godes dóme, Wlfst. 300, 14: Ll. Th. ii. 314, 16. Ne bið þǽr fultum nán ꝥ wið þá biteran þing gebeorh mæge fremman auxilium nullus rebus praestabit amaris, Dóm. L. 223 : Wlfst. 139, 14. (2) saving from doing wrong (?) :-- Besceáwige hé á his ágene týdder-nesse and þurh þæt gebeorh sý ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód let him ever consider his own weakness and by that means let there be protection (let him be saved) from crushing the bruised reed (the Latin is : Suam fragilitatem semper suspectus sit, memineritque calamum quassatum non conterendum), R. Ben. 121, 5. II. that which protects. (1) of persons :-- þú eart min trymnes and mín gebeorh foriitudo mea et firmamentum meum es tu, Ps. Th. 30, 4. Gebeorg refugium, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 19. Geácsode se wræcca Sce Gúþláces forðfóre; for þon hé ána ǽr þon wæs hys gebeorh and frófor (his refuge and comfort), Guth. 94, 4. (2) of places :-- Gebeorge praesidio (in solo liberae mentis praesidio servatur), An. Ox. 5395. (3) of things :-- Rand sceal on scylde, fæst fingra gebeorh, Gn. C. 38. [O. L. Ger. gi-berg theca : O. H. Ger. ge-berg aerarium.]