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ge-sýne

  • adjective
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Grammar
ge-sýne, -séne, -siéne; adj.
Visible, seen, evident, plain
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  • Ne mihte ic hire bedyrnan mínes módes unrótnesse for ðan hit wæs on mínum andwlitan gesýne

    I could not hide from her the disquiet of my mind for it was evident in my face,

    • Shrn. 41, 25: Ors. 1, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 30, 28: Blickl. Homl. 93, 35.

  • Ða fótlástas wǽron swutole and gesýne

    the footsteps were plain and visible,

    • 203, 36: Andr. Kmbl. 1129
      • ;
    • An. 565: Beo. Th. 2811
      • ;
    • B. 1403: 4622
      • ;
    • B. 2316: Elen. Kmbl. 527
      • ;
    • El. 264.

  • Ðǽr wæs gesýne his seó sóþe spéd

    videbitur in majestate sua,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 14.

  • Wæs gesýne ðæt ...

    it was evident that...;

    • Blickl. Homl. 207, 11: Beo. Th. 2515
      • ;
    • B. 1255: Andr. Kmbl. 1051
      • ;
    • An. 526: 1097
      • ;
    • An. 549: Elen. Kmbl. 487
      • ;
    • El. 244.

  • On me syndon ða dolg gesiéne

    the wounds are visible on me,

    • Rood Kmbl. 92
      • ;
    • Kr. 46.

  • Geséne,

    • Cd. 135
      • ;
    • Th. 170, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2806: 218
      • ;
    • Th. 278, 30
      • ;
    • Sat. 230: Chr.1121
      • ;
    • Erl. 248, 39.

  • Ðæt hia geséne síe

    ut videantur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 5, 16.
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v.  ge-séne on-síne ge-síne.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sýne.” 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/16335.

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