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to grow, be produced.
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  • Eall se dǽl sé þe þæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ (-wexð,

    v. l.

    ),
      Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 1.

  • Swá hwá swá gebyrgde þæs on þám beáme geweóx,

      Gen. 483: Rä. 78, 6.

  • Ealles ðæs ðe him on heora ceápe geweaxe (cf. ealra þínra wæsma,

      Deut. 14, 22), Ll. Th. ii. 432, 29.

  • Wearð hrædlíce micel mennisc geweaxen,

      Hml. Th. i. 20, 21.

  • Alle ðá ðe gewæxen sint mé

    omnia quae nata sunt mihi,

      Lk. L. 12, 42.
of other things,
material
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  • Wolceno blóstme giwéxon

    nubes rore concrescunt,

      Rtl. 81, 24.
non-material
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  • Ne gewexþ (-wyxþ, v. l.) him nán weorþscipe on þæm

    no honour accrues to them in that,

      Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 28.

  • Hyt gelimpeð ǽfre binnan feówer geára fæce ꝥ án dæg and án niht gewixst,

      Angl. viii. 306, 12.

  • Ungemetlic cele geweóx on þone ǽfen

    frigus ingens uespertino accrescebat tempore,

      Nar. 23, 11.

  • Micil in úrum bócum dwola gewæxe

    magnus in nostris codicibus error inolevit,

      Mt. p. 3, 4.
of growth in animals or plants,
to grow, grow up
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  • Cirus, mid ðon þe hé geweóx

    Cyrus, mox ut adolevit,

      Ors. 1, 12; S. 52, 17.

  • Se cnæht gewóx

    puer crescebat,

      Lk. L. R. 1, 80.

  • Ne geweóx hé him tó willan,

      B. 1711.

  • Mið ðý gewóx

    cum crevisset herba,

      Mt. L. 13, 26.

  • Gewóx ł gewæxe

    creverit,

    32.

  • Se beám geweóx heáh tó heofenum,

      Dan. 563.

  • Beó weodewe oð þæt mín sunu geweaxe (

    crescat

    ),
      Gen. 38, 11.

  • Him (

    a tree

    ) on æðele bið þæt hit on holte hýhst geweaxe,
      Met. 13, 52.

  • Gewæxe

    crescere,

      Mt. L. 13, 30: Mk. p. 3, 5.

  • Geweaxen

    adultus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 39: 3, 21: 6, 29.

  • Hé lǽtt hí (

    children

    ) habban ágenne cyre, þonne hí geweaxene beóð,
      Hml. Th. i. 20, 19.
to grow, increase, wax
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  • Seó geogoð geweóx, magodriht micel, B. 66. ꝥte gemonigfaldade ł gewóxe him

    quod abundabat illis,

      Mk. L. 12, 44.
to prosper, flourish, make progress, grow in grace, &c.
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  • Se Hǽlend gewóx mið snytro

    Iesus proficiebat sapientia,

      Lk. L. R. 2, 52.

  • Gedoefenlic is ꝥte gewóx (

    crescere

    ),
      Jn. p. 4, 1.

  • Fore gewóxun

    proficiunt,

      Mt. p. 9, 18.

  • Tó uæstm giuæxe sáula

    ad fructum proficiat animorum,

      Rtl. 9, 9.

  • Nóht geuæxe ł/ geðii (

    proficiet

    ) se fiónd in ðǽm,
      179, 5.

  • Gúð sceal in eorle geweaxan, and wíf geþeón mid hyre leódum,

      Gn. Ex. 85.

  • Heofenlicere cystinesse dugeþgyfe gewexen cnæplingc supernae liberalitatis munificentia mactus puer, An. Ox. 2578. IV a. to flourish for a person, be advantageous to :-- Suá huæt from mé ðé gewæxe (giwexe, R.)

    quodcumque ex me tibi profuerit,

      Mk. L. 7, 11.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-wahsan crescere, adolere, exolere.]
Similar entries
v. eft-geweaxen, in-geweaxen, un-geweaxen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-weaxan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50402.

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