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ge-sirwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-sirwan, -serwan, -syrwan; p. ede; pp. ed.
to plot, contrive, conspire, deliberate
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  • Se se ðe ða synne gesireþ he who designs the sin, Past. 56, 6; Swt. 435, 6; Hat. MS. Ðonne ne gesirede hit nó ðæt hit þurhtuge swelce synne

    then would it not have designed to carry out such sin,

      Swt. 435, 4.
  • Ic gesyrede

    I plotted,

      Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 20; Jul. 468.
  • Ðý ne wricþ Dryhten nó gelíce ða gesiredan synne and fǽrlíce þurhtogenan forðæm sió gesirede syn biþ ungelíc eallum óðrum synnum

    so the Lord does not punish equally the deliberate sin and the suddenly perpetrated, for the deliberate sin is unlike all other sins,

      Past. 56, 7; Swt. 435, 13; Hat. MS.
to furnish with arms, equip
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  • Gesyrwed secg

    an armed man,

      Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159.
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v. ge-syrwan.
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v.  ge-syrwan ge-serwan.
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