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ge-séðan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-séðan, p. de; pp. ed [séðan to affirm]
Wright's OE grammar
§62;
To state as true, declare, prove, show, affirm; effāri, testĭfĭcāri, vērĭfĭcāre, contestāri, prŏbāre
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  • Nis ǽnig ðæs horsc, ðe ðín fromcyn mǽge fira bearnum sweotule geséðan

    none is so wise who may manifestly declare thy origin to the children of men,

      Exon. 11 b; Th. 15, 18; Cri. 243.

  • Ne mágon gé ða word geséðan

    ye cannot prove the words,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1160; El. 582: Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 7.

  • Ic gesweotelige oððe geséðe ðe God

    testĭfĭcābor tibi Deus,

      Ps. Lamb. 49, 7.

  • Gehýr folc mín and ic geséðe ðé

    audi pŏpŭlus meus et contestābor te,

      Ps. Spl. 80, 8.

  • Hí geséðaþ and sprecaþ unrihtwísnysse

    effābuntur et lŏquentur inīquĭtātem,

      93, 4.

  • Ðære gesyhþe sóþ wæs gecýðed and geséðed

    cujus vērĭtas prŏbāta est,

      Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 50: Cd. 208; Th. 257, 7; Dan. 254.

  • Geséððe,

    pp. pl. proved,

      Ps. Th. 118, 160.

  • Ða wurdon mid manegum tácnum geséððe

    which were proved by many miracles,

      Homl. Th. ii. 130, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-séðan.” 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/15980.

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