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ge-hnǽgan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-hnǽgan, -hnǽgean, -hnégan; p. -hnǽgde, -hnǽde; pp. -hnǽged, -hnǽgd; v. trans.
To bend down, humble, cast down, subdue; declīnāre, hŭmĭliāre, dejĭcĕre, subĭgĕre
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  • Ðú miht oferhydige eáðe mid wuude heáne gehnǽgean

    tu hŭmĭliasti sīcut vulnĕrātum sŭperbum,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 9
      • .

  • Ðú hí mid fýre fácnes gehnégest

    in ignem dejĭcies eos,

    • 139, 10
      • .

  • He fyrenfulle wið eorþan niðer ealle gehnégeþ

    hŭmĭliat peccātōres usque ad terram,

    • 146, 6
      • .

  • Hie on wætere wicg gehnǽgaþ

    they cast down the horse in the water,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 312
      • ;
    • Sal. 155
      • .

  • Ðú goda ussa gilp gehnǽgdest

    thou humbledst the glory of our gods,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2640
      • ;
    • An. 1321
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 118, 71
      • .

  • He gehnǽgde helle gást

    he subdued the spirit of hell,

    • Beo. Th. 2552
      • ;
    • B. 1274
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2383
      • ;
    • An. 1193
      • .

  • Mín Drihten ðé gehnǽde in helle

    my Lord hash trodden thee down in hell,

    • Blickl. Homl. 241, 5
      • .

  • Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon

    the Hetwaras subdued him in war,

    • Beo. Th. 5825
      • ;
    • B. 2916
      • .

  • Ðæt gé wiðerfeohtend gehnǽgan

    that ye may subdue your adversary,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2368
      • ;
    • An. 1185
      • .

  • Blǽd is gehnǽged

    glory is humbled,

    • Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 7
      • ;
    • Seef. 88
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 142, 3
      • .

  • Wǽron ða mǽgþe mid hefigran þeówdóme gehnǽgde

    provincia grăviōre servĭtio subacta,

    • Bd. 4, 15; S. 583, 30
      • .
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v.  ge-hnégan hnǽgan ge-hægan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hnǽgan.” 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/14735.

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