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ge-scǽnan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-scǽnan, -sceánan, -scénan; p. de; pp. ed
To diminish, break, bruise, shake, shatter; contĕrĕre, confringĕre, conquassāre
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  • God heora tóþas gescǽneþ

    Deus contĕret dentes eōrum,

      Ps. Th. 57, 5: 67, 21.

  • Ðú ðæs myclan dracan heáfod gescǽndest

    tu confrēgisti căput dracōnis magni,

      73, 14.

  • Ða he sylfa oft gebræc and gescǽnde

    quas ipse ălĭquando contrīvĕrat,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 27.

  • Gesceányþ heáfda

    conquassabit capita,

      Ps. Spl. C. 109, 7.
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v.  ge-sceánon ge-scénan ge-scǽned.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-scǽnan.” 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/15827.

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