Ge-manigfildan, -fealdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-manigfildan, -fealdan

p. de. Tote here ge-mænigfyldan in Dict. , and add: To multiply, (1) to make numerous :-- ÞÚ woldest mÍnne ofspring gemenigfyldan swá sǽceosol þe nán man átellan ne mæg, Gen. 32, 12. Þú woldest his cynn gemenigfealdan swá steorran beóð on heofenum multiplicabo semen tuum sicut Stellas coeli, Ex. 32, 13. Israéla folc weóx swilce hig of eorðan spryttende wǽron gemænigfylde quasi germinantes multiplicati sunt, l, 7: Scint. 176, 6. (l a) of repeated action :-- Sé ðe lufaít sunn his, hé gemænigfylt (assiduat) him swingla, Scint. 176, 9. (2) to increase the quantity of, enlarge, extend. (a) the object material :-- Hé his cyricean wundorlicum weorcum ge-brǽdde and gemonigfylde (ampliauit), Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 674, 10. Þ UNCERTAIN gemænigfyldan ut cumularent. An. Ox. 8, 226. Gemænifyldon, 7, 296. (a α) fig. :-- Gemenigfylde God Jafeth dilatet Deus Japheth, Gen. 9, 27. Hé gemétte fela gemænigfylde (-men-, -fealde, on geleáfan and on Godes gife ðeónde, Hml. S. 15, 41. (b) the object non-material :-- Þú gemænigfyldest þíne mǽrsunge, Ps. L. 70, 21. [For] gemænigfyldre ofermódnesse propter publicatam insolentiam, An. Ox. 8, 389. Gemaeni-flydre, 7, 380. (3) as an arithmetical term :-- Gemænigfyld þá þreó þurh feówer, þriwa feówer beóð twelf, Angl. viii. 328, 20. Nymað týn and gemænigfyld ꝥ getæl feówer síðon; feówer síðon týn beotf feówertig, 25. ge-manigfildan

Related words: ll.)