Ge-medemian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-medemian

Add: I. to make mean (humble, bring to low estate :-- Se myccla mægenþrym . . . þurh þone man gemede-mod wæs mannum tó helpe the great majesty (of Christ) through incarnation was brought to low estate for the help of men, Bl. H. 179, 9. I a. used reflexively, to condescend, deign. (1) with clause :-- Úre Drihten hine gemedemode, ꝥ hé ús sealde þá wæstmas, Bl. H. 39, 17. Drihten hine sylfne gemedemode, þæt hé tó woruldlicum giftum gelaðod cóm, Hml. Th. ii. 54, 7 : i. 56, 28. We biddaþ þé ꝥ þú gemedemige þé, ꝥ þú cume, Nic. 10, 9. ꝥ ðú gemedemige þé sylfne, ꝥ þú síðige tó mé, Hml. S. 24, 97. (2) with tó :-- Ðá dá se Hǽlend man beón wolde, ðá gemedemode hé hine sylfne tó deáðe ágenes willan. Hml. Th. i. 224, 22. (3) combining (2) and (1) :-- Hé wolde menniscnesse underfón, and tó ðan hine sylfne gemedemian þæt hé wolde beón geboren sóð man, Wlfst. 194, 3. II. without personal object, to condescend, deign, vouchsafe. (1) with infin. :-- God sé þe gemedemað (dignatus est) eall syllan, teóþunge fram ús gemedemað (dignatur) ongeán biddan, Scint. 108, 19-109, l. ꝥ goldhord þe þú mé sylfum gemedemodest æteówan, Hml. S. 23 b, 738. Ðone deáð þe se Hǽlend gemedemode for mannum þrowian, Hml. Th. i. 50, 7. ꝥ þú lytles hwæthwegu gemedemige underfón, Hml. S. 23 b, 712. Gimeoduma ðú girihte digneris dirigere. Rtl. 171, 3. Ðióstro gimetdomia ðú tenebras (auferre) digneris, 38, 27. Gibloedsia gimeodomia benedicere dignare, 95, 8. Gimeodumia, 170, 21. (2) with clause :-- Críst gimeodumode . ꝥte fulwad wére Christus dignatus est baptizari, Rtl. ll. ), 30. III. in the following the construction seems determined by a misunderstanding of the Latin dignari, which is taken to be passive, (1) with infin. :-- Úsig eft giboeta gimeadumad arð nos instaurare dignatus es. Rtl. 23, 9. Gimoedumad, 36, 37. Þone se Hǽlend wæs gemedemod tó his mild-heortnysse gecígan, Hml. S. 30, 353. (2) with gerundial infin. :-- Drihten, beó þú gemedemad mé tó gehéranne, Shr. 104, 22. IV. to make fit, order, regulate :-- Swá gemedemod mid dæg þæt gewyrdan ealle þing sic temperatur, ut cum luce fiant omnia, R. Ben. I. 74, 4. Sý gemedemud ǽt metes sit temperatus cibus escae, Scint. 50, 14. V. to deem worthy to be in a state, position, & c. Cf. Hml. Th. i. 424, 15 :-- Hié cwǽdon, ' Deo gratias, for ðon wé wǽron tó dæge ealle on ánnesse gemedemode.' For ðon is se cwide gefylled, 'Ecce quam bonum habitare fratres in unum, ' Bl. H. 139, 26. VI. to estimate, measure, fix the degree or worth of :-- Besceáwige hé á þone steal his gecyrrednesse and hine be þám gemedemige bútan hine mon for dám sácerdháde furðor forlǽte ilium locum attendat quando ingressus est in monasterio, non illum qui ei pro reuerentia sacerdotii concessus est, R. Ben. 107, II. Sý hé gemedemed on stede and on setle, swá swá his gecerrednes sý, 13, I. VI a. furþor gemedemian to honour, advance in dignity :-- -Gif hit swá getímige þæt se abbod and seó gecorenes þǽre geférrǽdenne hine for his lífes geearnunge weorðian wile and furðor gemedemian si forte electio congregationis et voluntas abbatis pro vite merito eum promovere voluerit, 113, 8. Gif se æþelborena mid godcundum cræfte þone unæþelborenan oferþýhií, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum þonne se unæþelborena, 12, 16. Furðor beón gemedemod in majori loco stabiliri, lio, 7. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ge-metamén moderare.] ge-medemian

Related words: medume; I),