Ge-risene

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-risne, -rysne;

ge-risene
adj. Fit, convenient, proper; congruus, decens, conveniens :-- He sealde his láreowum gerisen stówe and éþel heora háde doctoribus suis locum sedis eorum gradui congruum donaret, Bd. 4, 26; S. 488, 19. Æfter gerisenre áre swá myclum B' juxta honorem tanto Pontsfici congruum, 5, 19; S. 636, 45. Ða gerisno digna, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 48. Ðis þinceþ gerisne this seems fitting, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 17; Gen. 2476. Swá gerysne ne wæs as was not seemly, 76; Th. 94, 22; Gen. 1565: 9; Th. 11, 2; Gen. 169: Beo. Th. 5299; B. 2653. Hit is ealles gerisnost it is most fitting, Blickl. Homl. 205, 24. ge-risene
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