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ge-scínan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-scínan, p. -scán; pp. -scinen
To shine, shine upon, illuminate; fulgere, collustrare, illuminare
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  • Ne mæg heó ealle gesceafta gescínan, ne ða gesceafta ðe heó gescínan mæg, ne mæg hió ealle endemest gescínan

    she cannot shine upon all creatures, nor those creatures which she may shine upon can she shine upon all equally,

      Bt. 41, 1; Fox 244, 7-9: Bt. Met. Fox 30, 17; Met. 30, 9: 30, 22; Met. 30, 11.

  • Wuldres gim grund gescíneþ

    the gem of glory illuminates the ground,

      Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 26; Ph. 118.

  • Swá sió sunne hine gescínþ

    as the sun shines upon him,

      Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 8.

  • Gescíneþ

    lucet,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 1, 5.

  • Giscína

    fulgere,

      Rtl. 67, 10: 86, 34.

  • Gisceán

    innituit [ = enituit ],

      45, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-scínan.” 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/15889.

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