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ge-tácnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-tácnian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [tácen, tácn a sign, token] .
to denote by a sign, signify, betoken, show, instruct; signāre, signĭfĭcāre, denŏtāre, insĭnuāre, monstrāre, instruĕre
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  • Ic getácnige

    signĭfĭco,

      Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 36.
  • Wæter getácnaþ on ðyssere stówe mennisc ingehýd

    water in this place betokens human knowledge,

      Homl. Th. ii. 280, 1: Boutr. Scrd. 21, 42: Lchdm. iii. 198, 6, 7.
  • Ða alecgendlícan word getácnaþ dǽde

    the deponent verbs signify action,

      Ælfc. Gr. 19; Som. 22, 56.
  • Eua getácnode Godes gelaðunge Eve betokened God's church, Ælfc. T. 6, 11, 13: 7, I. Adam getácnude úrne Hǽlend Crist

    Adam betokened our Saviour Christ,

      6, 8.
  • Ðú me sóþfæstnysse weg getácna

    viam justĭfĭcātiōnum tuārum insĭnua mihi,

      Ps. Th. 118, 27.
  • Him gedafenaþ ðæt hí cunnon hwæt heó gástlíce getácnige

    it is fitting that they know what it betokens spiritually,

      Homl. Th. ii. 264, 27.
  • Mid ðý is getácnod, ðæt ...

    by that is signed that

    ...,
      Bt. Met. Fox 31, 35; Met. 31, 18: Boutr. Scrd. 19, 27, 28.
to sign, mark, witness, seal; signāre, insignīre, obsignāre
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  • He getácnaþ ðæt God is sóþfæstnes

    signāvit quia Deus vērax est,

      Jn. Bos. 3, 33.
  • Ðone God Fæder getácnode

    hunc Păter signāvit Deus,

      6, 27.
  • Is eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod

    all the lofty power is marked with glory,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754.
  • Godes þeówas getácnode beón sceoldan

    clēricos insignīri deceret,

      Bd. 5, 21; S. 642, 42.
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