Ge-leánian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-leánian

Add: I. to repay a debt, loan, &c.:--Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menn ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, þæt míne mágas þæt hám geleánian, Cht. Th. 491, 6. II. to recompense, remunerate:--Byð geleánod remuneratur, An. Ox. 42, 1. to give remuneration for well-doing (acc.) to a person (dat.):--Drihten ealle þá gód mannum geleánað mid twyfealdre méde éces lífes, Bl. H. 101, 23. (2) to give recompense for loss, suffering, &c. (gen.):--Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. (3) to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &c.:--Him ofðyncð ðæt hé hit suá geðyldelíce forbær ðæt hé ðæt bismer ne forgeald, and ðencð ðæs tíman hwonne hé hit wyrs geleánian mæge ut . . . se non reddidisse contumelias doleat, et deteriora rependere, si occasio praebeatur, quaerat, Past. 227, 23. [O. Sax. gi-lónón: O. H. Ger. ge-lónón retribuere, remunerare, recompensare.] ge-leanian