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ge-scendnys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-scendnys, -scyndnys, se; f.
A confounding; confusio
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  • Gescendnys,

      Ps. Spl. 43, 17: 34, 30.
  • Ðone deófol ðe ða synfullan gelǽt to gescyndnysse. Babilonia seó Chaldeisca burh is gereht gescyndnys

    the devil that leads the sinful to confusion. Babylon, the Chaldean city, is interpreted 'confusion,'

      Homl. Th. ii. 66, 21.
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v.  ge-sceandnys ge-scyndnys.
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  • ge-scendnys, n.