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ge-hycgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-hycgan, -hicgan; p. -hogde, -hogede, -hogode; pp. -hogod [see March, § 222]
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To think, conceive, consider, devise, reflect, be mindful, think about, care, intend, resolve
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  • Ne mæg ic ðeáh gehycgan hwý him on hige ðorfte á ðý sǽl wesan

    I cannot, however, conceive why it need be the better in mind for them,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 15, 17
    • ;
    • Met. 15, 9
    • .
  • Sceal gehycgan hæleða ǽghwilc ðæt he ne abælige bearn wealdendes

    every man must be mindful that he offend not the son of the powerful,

    • Cd. 217; Th. 276, 25
    • ;
    • Sat. 195 : 219; Th. 282, 7
    • ;
    • Sat. 283
    • .
  • Ðú gehycgan meaht ðæt gé willaþ ða on wuda sécan

    you may consider that you will seek them in the wood,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 19, 34
    • ;
    • Met. 19, 17
    • .
  • Sum in mæðle mæg folcrǽdenne gehycgan

    one in council can devise a nation's law,

    • Exon. 79 a; Th. 295, 33
    • ;
    • Crä. 42
    • :
    • Cd. 203; Th. 252, 29
    • ;
    • Dan. 586
    • .
  • Gehyge on ðínum breóstum ðæt ðú inc bám meaht wíte bewarigan

    reflect in thy breast that thou from you both mayest ward off punishment,

    • Cd. 27 : Th. 35, 29
    • ;
    • Gen. 562
    • .
  • Fela gé fore monnum míðaþ ðæs ðe gé in móde gehycgaþ

    much ye before men conceal of what ye in mind devise,

    • Exon. 39 a; Th. 130, 11
    • ;
    • Gú. 436
    • .
  • Hú ðú yfle gehogdes

    how thou didst devise evilly,

    • 28 a; Th. 85, 29
    • ;
    • Cri, 1398
    • .
  • Ðá ðú gehogodest sæcce sécean

    when thou didst resolve to seek conflict,

    • Beo. Th. 3981
    • ;
    • B. 1988
    • :
    • Cd. 209; Th. 259, 5
    • ;
    • Dan. 687
    • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 857
    • ;
    • An. 429
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  • Hæfde on án gehogod ðæt he gedǽde swá hine drihten hét

    his purpose had continually been to do as the Lord commanded him,

    • Cd. 140; Th. 175, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 2892
    • .
  • Ðæt hió ðæs niwan taman náuht ne gehicgge

    that she care nothing about the new tameness,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 13, 52
    • ;
    • Met. 13, 26
    • .
  • On drihten helpe gehogedan

    speravit in domino,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 18
    • :
    • Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 5
    • ;
    • Gú. 18
    • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-hugjan
:
O. Sax. gi-huggian
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-hicgan ge-hogde ge-hogian.
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