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ge-sceppan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen, -sceopen, -sceapen
To form, create; formare, disponere, creare
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  • Ic gescippe

    creo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 29, 16.

  • God gescypþ symle edniwan

    God creates ever anew,

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 18.

  • Ðá gesceóp Adam naman his wífe

    then Adam made a name for his wife,

      Gen. 3, 20: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 32.

  • Hér ǽrest gesceóp éce Drihten heofon and eorþan

    here the Lord eternal first created heaven and earth,

      Cd. 5; Th. 7, 26; Gen. 112: 12; Th. 14, 16; Gen. 219.

  • God ðas world gescóp

    God created this world,

      Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 22; Cri. 659: Salm. Kmbl. 936; Sal. 467.

  • Hwæt! ðú éce God! ealra gesceafta wundorlíce wel gesceópe

    O! eternal God! thou hast made all creatures wonderfully well,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 10; Met. 20, 5: Exon. 117 b; Th. 452, 14; Hy. 4, 1.

  • Ǽr ðæt ðec ic gesceópe

    prius quam to formarem,

      Rtl. 55. 4.

  • Nǽron náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc

    they were formed neither, on a Frisian nor on a Danish model,

      Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15.

  • Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene

    when they were created,

      Gen. 2, 4.

  • Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen

    man was to God's image first created,

      Cd. 75; Th. 92, 16; Gen. 1529.

  • Gesceapene híg synt

    creata sunt,

      Ps. Lamb. 32, 9: Ps. Th. 148, 5.

  • Gescype scylfan on scipes bósme

    make shelves in the ship's bosom,

      Cd. 65; Th. 79, 4; Gen. 1306.

  • God wolde þurh his ágene handa hine gescyppan

    God would form him with his own hands,

      Boutr. Scrd. 19, 10.

  • To gescippenne

    in order to create,

    3.
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v.  ge-scippan ge-scyppan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sceppan.” 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/15876.

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