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ge-cígan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-cígan, -cígean, -cýgan, -cégan; p. -cígde, -cýgde, -cégde; pp. -cíged, -cýged, -cýgd, -céged [ge, cígan to call]; v. trans.
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call forth, provoke, incite; vocare, nominare, invocare, provocare, incitare
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  • Ne com ic rihtwíse to gecígeanne, ac ða synnfullan

    non veni vocare justos, sed peccatores,

    • Mt. Bos. 9, 13
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  • Ðú gecígst his naman Ysmaél

    vocabis nomen ejus Ismael,

    • Gen. 16, 11
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  • Him Dryhten gecýgþ

    the Lord calls him,

    • Exon. 62 b; Th. 229, 13
      • ;
    • Ph. 454
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  • Drihten gecégde eorþan

    Dominus vocavit terram,

    • Ps. Spl. 49, 1
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  • Hí gecégdon naman heora

    vocaverunt nomina sua,

    • Ps. Spl. 48, 11
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  • Se wæs gecíged Godwine

    he was called Godwine,

    • Chr. 984; Erl. 130, 3
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    • Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 4
      • :
    • Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 31 : 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 588, 30
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  • Hí gewunedon to gebédum gecígde beón

    they were accustomed to be called to prayers,

    • 4, 23; S. 595, 41
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  • On ðam þeódlande ðe is gecýged Élíge

    in regione quæ vocatur Elge,

    • Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 1 : 4, 23
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    • S. 593, 20, 35
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  • Seó is gecýgd Solente

    quod vocatur Solvente,

    • 4, 16; S. 585, 2
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  • Ðú, Drihten, [eart] wynsum eallum gecýgendum ðé

    tu, Domine, [es] suavis omnibus invocantibus te,

    • Ps. Spl. 85, 4
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  • On dagum mínum ic gecýge hine

    in diebus meis invocabo eum,

    • Ps. Lamb. 114, 2
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  • He gecýgde me

    invocavit me,

    • Ps. Spl. 88, 26
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  • Hine hí gecýgdon

    eum provocaverunt,

    • Ps. Spl. 77, 4
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  • Ða to yrre beóþ gecígde

    they shall be provoked to anger,

    • Ps. Th. 7, 7
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  • Folc gecýgde naman ðíne

    populus incitavit nomen tuum,

    • Ps. Spl. 73, 19
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v.  ge-cégan ge-cíaþ ge-cýgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cígan.” 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/13898.

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