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ge-sóþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to prove the truth of a. statement, charge, &c.
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  • Gif hé gewyrce ꝥ man hine áfylle þurh ꝥ þe hé ongeán riht geanbyrde, gif man ꝥ gesóðige (gesóðian mæge,

    v.l.), licge ǽgilde, Ll. Th. i. 404, 13. I a. gesóþian on ánum to convict a person of something. Cf. Icel. sanna á einum :-- Gif se Englisca beclypað Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan, and wille hit on him gesóþian (super eum inveritare ),

      Ll. Th. i. 489, 23.

  • Gif hit him on gesóðod weorðe,

      324, 18.
to attest, bear witness to
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  • Þæt hé geseah hé gesóðode eác þurh his geséð-nysse,

      Nap. 32, 3.
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v. ge-séþan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sóþian.” 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/49735.

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