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CÍGAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CÍGAN, cígean, cýgan, cýgean, ciégan, cégan, cégean; cígende; de; ed.
Wright's OE grammar
§270; §530;
v. trans.
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon; vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare
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  • Drihten mæg steorran be naman cígean ealle

    the Lord can call all the stars by name,

    • Ps. Th. 146, 4
      • .

  • Ealle gewunedon hí móder cýgean

    all were accustomed to call her mother,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 594, 39
      • .

  • Swá hine cígþ Engle and Seaxe

    as the Angles and Saxons call it,

    • Menol. Fox 366
      • ;
    • Men. 184.

  • Ðone [MS. þonne] niða bearn nemnaþ and cígaþ Pentecostenes dæg

    which children of men name and call the day of Pentecost,

    • Chr. 973
      • ;
    • Erl. 124, 15
      • ;
    • Edg. 7
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  • He cígde hunger ofer eorþan

    vocavit famem super terram,

    • Ps. Spl. 104, 15
      • .

  • Ufan engla sum Abraham cýgde

    an angel from above called Abraham,

    • Cd. 141
      • ;
    • Th. 176, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2909
      • .

  • Dú eart líðe eallum cígendum ðé

    tu es mitis omnibus invocantibus te,

    • Ps. Lamb. 85, 5: PS. Spl. 146, 10
      • .

  • Swá hwylce daga ic ðé cíge, gehýr me

    in quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me,

    • Ps. Th. 137, 4
      • .

  • Ðínne naman we cígaþ

    nomen tuum invocabimus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 79, 19
      • .

  • Ðe cígaþ naman his

    qui invocant nomen ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 98, 6
      • .

  • Abraham wordum God torhtum cígde

    Abraham called upon God with fervent words,

    • Cd. 86
      • ;
    • Th. 108, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 1807: Ps. Th. 90, 15
      • .

  • God híg ne cígdon

    Deum non invocaverunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 52, 6: 78, 6: Ps. Spl. 98, 7
      • .

  • Us gehýr swilce we ðé daga, Drihten, cígen

    hear us, 0 Lord, on whatever day we may call upon thee,

    • Ps. Ben. 19, 9
      • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 148, 19, 9
      • .

  • Moyses bebeád eorlas cígean sweot sande neár

    Moses bade his men summon the multitude near to the sand,

    • Cd. 154
      • ;
    • Th. 191, 24
      • ;
    • Exod. 219
      • .
v. intrans.
To cry, call; clamare, vocare
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  • Abeles blód to me cígeþ

    Abel's blood crieth to me,

    • Cd. 48
      • ;
    • Th. 62, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 1013
      • .

  • Ic cígde to Dryhtne

    I called to the Lord,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 5
      • .
Derived forms
a-cígan, ge-
Linked entries
v.  cýgan cégan ciégan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CÍGAN.” 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/6135.

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