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ge-ícan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-ícan, -ícean, -ýcan, -iécan; p. -ícte, -íhton; pp. -íced, -íct
To eke, increase, add, enlarge; augere, extendere
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  • Heó ongan his mǽg-burge geícean sunum and dohtrum

    she began his kindred to increase with sons and daughters,

    • Cd. 56; Th. 69, 8
    • ;
    • Gen. 1132
    • .
  • Eall geíceaþ

    increase all things,

    • 74; Th. 91, 18
    • ;
    • Gen. 1514
    • .
  • Ofer eall ðæt geícte

    adjecit hoc supra omnia,

    • Lk. Bos. 3, 20
    • .
  • Æðelinga rím feorum geícte

    he increased the number of men with lives,

    • 58; Th. 70, 33
    • ;
    • Gen. 1162
    • .
  • Bizantium wæs fram Constantino geiéced

    Byzantium was enlarged by Constantine,

    • Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 10
    • :
    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 864; 125, 19
    • .
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v. écan.
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v.  ge-écan ge-ýcan.
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