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ge-scerpan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-scerpan, -scirpan, -scyrpan; p. te
To clothe, furnish, adorn, deck; vestire, ornare
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  • Ðeáh Neron hine gescerpte wlitegum wǽdum

    though Nero clothed himself in beautiful garments,

      Bt. Met. Fox 15, 4; Met. 15, 2.
  • Gescyrpte,

      Bt. 28; Fox 100, 26.
  • Ele andwlitan gescyrpeþ

    oleum faciem exhilarat,

      Ps. Th. 103, 15.
  • Ðá ðæt folc hine geseah swá gescyrpedne

    when the people saw him so furnished [i. e. with sword and spear, and riding on the king's horse ],

      Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 10: 5, 19; S. 638, 9, 10.
  • Fugla cynn fiðerum gescyrped

    volucres pennatæ,

      Ps. Th. 148, 10.
  • Ða ðe gescirped sind

    qui vestiuntur,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 8.
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