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ge-bismerian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-bismerian, -bismrian, -bysmerian, -bysmrian; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [ge-, bismerian to mack]
To mock, laugh at, deride, provoke; illūdĕre, irrīdēre, derīdēre, exacerbāre
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  • Draca ðes ðe ðú hywodest to gebismrienne him

    drăco iste quem formasti ad illūdendum ei,

    • Ps. Lamb. 103, 26
    • .
  • Se ðe eardaþ on heofenum gebismeraþ oððe hyscþ hig

    qui hăbĭtat in cælis irrīdēbit eos,

    • 2, 4
    • .
  • Ðú, Drihíen, gebysmerast

    tu, Domine, derīdēbis eos,

    • 58, 9
    • .
  • Hí heánne God gebysmredon [MS. gebysmredan]

    exacerbāvērunt Deum excelsum,

    • Ps. Th. 77, 56
    • .
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v.  ge-bysmerian ge-bysmrian.
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