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ge-segen

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-segen, -sægen, -segn, e; f.
A saying, telling, conversation, relation, tradition; dictum, narratio, relatio, traditio
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  • Mid gesegenum unrím geleáffulra witena

    by the sayings of innumerable faithful witnesses,

      Bd. pref; S. 472, note 25: Nar. 2, 6.
  • Þurh gesegene ðæs árwurþan biscopes Cynebyrhtes

    through the conversation of the reverend bishop Cynebyrht,

      Bd. pref; S. 472, 21.
  • Mid Isses gesægene [gesegnum, MS. B.] ðæs árwurþan Abbudes

    by the conversation of the reverend abbot Isi,

      472, 20.
  • Þurh swíðe getreówra manna gesægene

    through the telling of very true men,

      472, 30: Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 5, 11: 5, 23; S. 647, 17.
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v. segen.
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v.  ge-sægen ge-segn.
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