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ge-win

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-win, -winn, es; n. [winnan to fight] .
a battle, contest, war, strife, quarrel, hostility, tumult; certāmen, pugna, bellum, tŭmultus
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  • On ða tíde Troiána gewin wearþ

    the Trojan war happened at that time,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 26, 24
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    • Met. 26, 12
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  • Sceolde he worc ðæs gewinnes gedǽlan

    he must get pain on account of that struggle,

    • Cd. 15
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    • Th. 19, 24
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    • Gen. 296
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    • 17
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    • Th. 21, 12
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    • Gen. 323
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    • Bt. Met. Fox 25, 101
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    • Met. 25, 51
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  • On ðam gewinne

    in the contest,

    • Bt. 37, 1
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    • Fox 186, 31
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    • 38, 1
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    • Fox 194, 8
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    • Rood Kmbl. 129
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    • Kr. 65
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  • Hie gewin drugon

    they fought,

    • Beo. Th. 1601
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    • B. 798
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    • 1758
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    • B. 877
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  • Heora gewinn mid ðam swíðe geiécton

    their quarrel was thus much strengthened,

    • Ors. 5, 10
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    • Bos. 109, 4
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    • 5, 13
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    • Bos. 112, 43
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  • He his módsefan wið ðam fǽrhagan fæste trymede feónda gewinna

    he firmly strengthened his mind against the peril of the fiends' hostilities,

    • Exon, 46 b
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    • Th. 159, 29
    • ;
    • Gú. 934
    • .
labour, toil, sorrow, agony; lăbor, trībŭlātio, ăgōnia
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  • Ðis gewin

    hic lăbor,

    • Bd. 2, 1
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    • S. 500, 29
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  • Gewinn and sár

    lăbor et dŏlor,

    • Ps. Th. 89, 11
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    • 72, 13
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  • Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen

    the final day of his labour was near at hand,

    • Exon. 46 a
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    • Th. 158, 6
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    • Gú. 904
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    • Ps. Th. 127, 2
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  • Ðú scealt wunian in gewinne

    thou shalt continue in toil,

    • Exon. 16 b
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    • Th. 39, 14
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    • Cri. 622
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    • 32 a
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    • Th. l01, 10
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    • Cri. 1656
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    • Bd. 1, 23
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    • S. 485, 17
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  • He wæs on gewinne

    factus in ăgōnia,

    • Lk. Bos. 22, 44
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  • Þurh mycel gewinn

    with much toil,

    • Guthl. 16
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    • Gdwin. 68, 5
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  • On gewinnum

    in lăbōrĭbus,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 11
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    • 72, 4
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fruit of laborers, gain, profit; fructus lăbōrum, lucrum, quæstus
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  • Hí folca gewinn fremdra gesǽton

    lăbōres pŏpŭlōrum possĕdĕrunt,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 39
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    • 77, 46
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  • Gif hwilc man leóht déþ on mínum cirican of his gewinne

    if any man puts a light in my church [bought] out of his gain,

    • Nar. 47, 6, 15
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. ge-win strife
:
O. H. Ger. ga-win labor, certamen, quæstus
:
Ger. ge-winn gain.
]
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