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ge-nípan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-nípan, p. -náp, pl. -nipon; pp. -nipen.
to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri
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  • Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre

    how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been,

      Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96.
to rise as a cloud, to creep up or
come suddenly upon one; obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui
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  • Him ongén genáp atol ýþa gewealc

    the terrible rolling of the waves rose as a cloud against them [came suddenly upon them],

      Cd. 166; Th. 206, 20; Exod. 454.
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v.  nípan.
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