Ge-fér-rǽden

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-fér-rǽden

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-réden, -rédin, -rǽdenn, e;

ge-fér-rǽden
f. I. companionship, fellowship, congregation, church; societas, comitatus, eeclesia, synagoga :-- Hwá wolde on ðære geférrǽddene [MS. B. geférǽdene] beón ðe he wǽre who would be in that fellowship that he was, L. Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 5 : Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 111, 23. He hæfde on his geférrǽdene cratu and rídende men habuit in comitatu currus et equites, Gen. 50, 9. Smerede ðé God ðín mid ele blysse for geférrédinum ðínum unxit te Deus tuus, oleo lætitiæ præ consortibus tuis, Ps. Spl. C. 44, 9. Gyf he híg ne gehýrþ, sæge hyt geférrǽdene quod si non audierit eos : dic ecclesiæ, Mt. Bos. 18, 17 : Jn. Bos. 9, 22. II. familiarity, friendship; familiaritas, amicitia :-- Ðæs cyninges geférrǽden mæg nǽnigne mon gedón weligne the king's familiarity can make no man wealthy, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 102, 2.

Related words: ge-fér-scipe. ge-ferræden,ge-fer-ræden

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