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ge-líffæstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-líffæstan, p. -líffæste; pp. -líffæsted, -líffæst
To make alive, quicken; vivificāre
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  • God geworhte ǽnne mannan, and hine gelíffæste, and he wearþ ða mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman

    God made one man, and made him alive, and he then became man with soul and body,

    • Homl. Th. i. 12, 29
    • .
  • Se sunu gelíffæst ða ðe he wyle

    filius quos vult vivificat,

    • Jn. Bos. 5, 21
    • .
  • He wolde swá synfulle sáwle gelíffæstan

    he would quicken so sinful a soul,

    • Homl. Th. i. 496, 15 : ii. 206, 17
    • .
  • Mid gesceádwísre sáwle gelíffæst

    quickened by a rational soul,

    • 270, 20
    • .
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v.  líf-fæstan.
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