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ge-syngian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-syngian, -singian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
To sin, perpetrate crime, commit adultery; peccāre, mæchāri
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  • Ðæt ǽlc ðæra ðe wíf gesyhþ and hyre gewilnaþ, eallunga ðæt se gesyngaþ on hys heortan

    quia omnis, qui vīdĕrit mŭliĕrem ad concŭpiscendum eam, jam mæchātus eam in corde suo,

      Mt. Bos. 5, 28.
  • Nú is geséne ðæt we gesyngodon

    now it is seen that we have sinned,

      Cd. 218 ; Th. 278, 31; Sat. 230.
  • Ðæt wæs feohleás gefeoht, fyrenum gesyngad

    that was a priceless fight, criminally perpetrated,

      Beo.Th. 4874; B. 2441.
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v.  ge-singian.
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