ge-sceapennys
- noun [ feminine ]
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God geswác ðære niwan gesceapennysse
God ceased from the new creation,
- Boutr. Scrd. 17, 17.
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On ðæs mannes gesceapennysse
in the creating of man,
- 19, 7.
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Se man ðe deófle ge-efenlǽcþ se biþ deófles bearn, ná þurh gecynd oððe þurh gesceapenysse, ac þurh ða geefenlǽcunge and yfele geearnunga
the man who imitates the devil is a child of the devil, not by nature nor by creation, but by that imitation and evil deserts,
- Homl. Th. i. 260, 13, 15.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceapennys.” 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/15853.
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