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ge-hefigian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-hefigian, -hefegian, -hefgian; p. ode; pp. od, ad; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To make heavy or sad, to load, burden, weigh down, increase the weight of, aggravate; gravare, contristare, vexare, deprimere, aggravare
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  • He handa gehefegaþ

    he makes the hands heavy,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 319
    • ;
    • Sal. 159
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  • Ðonne biþ gehefgad haswig-fedra, gomol, geárum fród

    then the variegated-feathered [phoenix] becomes sad, old, advanced in years,

    • Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 9
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    • Ph. 153
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  • Ðé-læs eówer heortan gehefegode sýn on oferfylle

    ne forte graventur corda vestra in crapula,

    • Lk. Bos. 21, 34
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  • Swá swá hefig byrðen mín unriht synt gehefegode ofer me

    sicut onus grave iniquitates meæ gravatæ sunt super me,

    • Ps. Th. 37, 4
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  • Wæs mid swá mycelre untrumnesse his líchoman gehefigad

    tanta erat corporis infirmitate depressus,

    • Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 26
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    • Lk. Bos. 9, 32
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    • Num. 11, 17
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  • Heora synn ys swíðe gehefegod

    peccatum eorum aggravatum est,

    • Gen. 18, 20
    • .
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v.  ge-heofegian.
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  • ge-hefigian, v.