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ge-cýðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.
to make known, tell, relate, proclaim, announce, inform; nuntiare, annuntiare, referre, effari, monere
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  • Ða andsware gecýðan

    to make known the answer,

    • Beo. Th. 714
      • ;
    • B. 354 : 4638
      • ;
    • B. 2324
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 101, 24
      • .

  • Gecýð

    make known,

    • Exon. 50 a; Th. 173, 4
      • ;
    • Gú. 1155
      • .

  • Sóþ gecýðan

    to tell the truth,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1173
      • ;
    • El. 588
      • .

  • Se ðæt orleg-weorc ðam ebriscan eorle gecýðde

    who announced that fatal work to the Hebrew leader,

    • Cd. 94; Th. 122, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 2021
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1568
      • ;
    • An. 785 : 1718
      • ;
    • An. 861
      • .

  • Swá hie gecýðde wǽron

    as they were informed,

    • Cd. 195; Th. 243, 9
      • ;
    • Dan. 433
      • .

  • Him wæs gecýðed

    nuntiatum est illi,

    • Lk. Bos. 8, 20
      • .

  • Ðá wearþ hit Constantine gecýd

    it was told to Constantine,

    • H. R. 3, 11
      • .
to declare, reveal, manifest, shew, perform, confirm, testify, prove; declarare, revelare, edocere, manifestare, monstrare, perhibere, testari, probare
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  • Ðæt wille ic gecýðan, ðæt ða rícu of nánes mannes mihtum swá gecræftgade ne wurdon

    that will I declare, that the kingdoms were not strengthened by the powers of man,

    • Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 1
      • .

  • God wolde gecýðan hwylcre geearnunge se hálga wer wǽre

    Deus qualis meriti vir fuerit demonstrare voluit,

    • Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 8
      • ;
    • H. R. 15, 31
      • .

  • Se inlíca déma mannum gecýdde

    internus arbiter edocuit,

    • 3, 15; S. 541, 19
      • .

  • He gecýðeþ ðé wisðómes gife

    he will shew thee the gift of wisdom,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 187
      • ;
    • El. 595
      • .

  • Swá ðú hyldo wið me gecýðdest

    as thou hast manifested grace to me,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 780
      • ;
    • An. 390
      • .

  • Ðæt ðíne leóde gecýðdon

    that thy people shewed,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 654
      • ;
    • Sal. 326
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  • Wundor wæs gecýðed

    the miracle was manifested,

    • Cd. 208; Th. 257, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 653 : 212; Th. 263, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 760
      • .

  • Gecýðan mid áþe

    to prove or declare on oath,

    • L. In. 16; Th. i. 112, 7 : 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 114, 2
      • :
    • L. Ed. 1; Th. i. 160, 5
      • .

  • Tree of wæstm his gecýðed biþ

    arbor fructu suo cognoscitur,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 44
      • .
to make celebrated, renowned, famed; notum facere, inclytum reddere
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  • Cyning cystum gecýðed

    the king for virtues famed,

    • Beo. Th. 1850
      • ;
    • B. 923 : 530
      • ;
    • B. 262
      • :
    • Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 3
      • :
    • Gú. 553
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-kúðian
:
O. H. Ger. ga-chundan
.]
Similar entries
v. cýðan, cúð.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cýðan.” 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/14015.

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