Ge-hagian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-hagian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hagian
Substitute: (1) with acc. of person. (a) to be convenient or suitable for a person to have or do (to) something:--Mid swelcan yrfe swelcan hí ðenne tó gehagað cum tali pecunia quae tunc competens erit, C. D. v. 137, 15. (b) to be within the means or power of a person:--Swá hwylc mínra fædrenméga swá ðæt sió, ðæt hine tó ðan gehagige, ðæt hé dá óðora lond begeotan mæge and wille, ðonne gebycge hé ðá lond, C. D. ii. 120, 26. Utan álýsan gehæfte, gif ús tó ðám gehagie, Wlfst. 119, 9. (2) with dat. To be within the means or power of a person:--Dón heora ælmessan swá forð swá him fyrmest gehagie, Hml. A. 141, 75: 143, 129. Cf. on-hagian. ge-hagian

Related words: impers.

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