Ge-þénsum

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þénsum
adj. Obsequious, obliging, serviceable; officiosus :-- He wearþ geset cumena þén ðæt he mynsterlícum cumum geþénsum wǽre he was appointed servant of guests that he might attend upon the monastic guests, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 24. Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum swilce ðín ágen fót if any kinsman be as serviceable to thee as thy own foot, i. 516, 15. ge-þensum
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