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ge-cnyssan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-cnyssan, -cnysan; p. ede, de; pp. ed [cnyssan to press, trouble]
To press, trouble, strike, beat, overcome; prĕmĕre, trībŭlāre, pulsāre, īcĕre
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  • Unsóþfæstne wet yfel gcnysseþ

    vĭrum injustum măla căpient,

    • Ps. Th. 139, 11
    • .
  • Gecnyssed

    ictus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 55
    • .
  • Wurdon Rómáne gecnysede

    the Romans were overcome,

    • Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 71, 19
    • .
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v.  ge-cnos.
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