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ge-sinhíwan

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.
Married persons; conjuges, conjugati, conjugia
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  • Unriht gewuna is arisen betwih gesinhíwum

    prava in conjugatorum moribus consuetudo surrexit,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 493, 34.

  • Gesinhíwan conjuges vel

    conjugales,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 86
      • ;
    • Som. 74, 25
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 50, 7.

  • Ðæt líf ðara gesinhíwena oferstígþ ðaet líf ðæs mægþhádes

    the life of the married surpasses the life of virginity,

    • Past. 52, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 409, 29
      • ;
    • Hat. MS.

  • Tu gesinhíwan sprǽcon ymbe hine ealle niht

    two married people were talking about him all night,

    • Shrn. 90, 2.

  • Ealla ðara monna hús bútan ðara gesinhígna

    all men's houses except the two married people's,

    • 5.

  • Ðara háligra gesinhína tíd

    the holy man and wife's tide,

    • 55, 31.

  • Wit sýn swá swá gesinhína[?]

    we be as married people,

    • 40, 20.

  • For gesinhíwum

    pro conjugiis,

    • Bd. 4, 5
      • ;
    • S. 573, 14.
Similar entries
v. sin-híwan.
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v.  sin-híwan ge-sam-híwan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sinhíwan.” 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/16023.

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