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cépan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§310; §531;
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to observe, notice.
with acc.
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  • Zachéus cépte þæs Hǽlendes fær,

      Hml. Th. i. 580, 28.
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  • Sé ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépð hé hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý,

      Hml. Th. i. 484, 10.
  • Þá hǽðenan cépton hwǽr se godspellere mæssode, Hml. S. 15, 49. I a. to keep, observe a season :-- Gé cépað dagas and mónðas

    dies observatis et menses,

      Hml. Th. i. 102, 18.
cépan be
to keep by.
trans.
To regulate by
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  • Hí cépað be ðám mónan heora fær and heora dǽda be dagum,

      Hml. Th. i. 100, 24. (1 a) with clause :-- Ne
    sceal nán man cépan be dagum on hwilcum dæge hé fare, Hml. S. 17, 92.
intrans.
To regulate one's conduct by
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  • Wé ne sceolan cépan ealles tó swýðe be swefnum,

      21, 403.
to take heed, be careful.
with gen.
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  • Nýtenu etað swá ǽr swá hí hit habbað, ac se gesceádwísa man sceal cépan his mǽles,

      Hml. S. 16, 318.
with (negative) clause
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  • Cépe gehwá ꝥ hé his líf on unnyt ne áspende,

      12, 135.
to attend to, be concerned about, see after.
with gen.
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  • Wé forlǽtað ðone líchaman, and cépað ðǽre sáwle,

      Hml. Th. i. 464, 7.
  • Gif wé ðæs éces lífes cépað, ii. 464, 33.
  • Þám þe ǽniges crístendómes cépað on heora lífe,

      Ælf. T. Grn. 14, 10.
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  • Se deófol syrwð ymbe Godes gelaðunge, and cépð hú hé mage crístenra manna sáwla fordón,

      Hml. Th. i. 240, 1.
to care about, desire to have.
with gen.
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  • Hé lufaá ðá áteorigendlican edleán . . . Hé cépð þǽra sceatta,

      Hml. Th. i. 240, 18.
  • Ne cépð nán man ðeórwyrðra reáfa búton for ýdelum gylpe,

      328, 28.
  • Ne cépð nán hungrig man nǽfre his gereordes ná swýðor þonne þá sceoccan dóð þǽre sáwle,

      Wlfst. 248, 23.
  • Ne cép ðú swá swíðe þises middangeardes stylnysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 392, 30.
  • Ꝥ wé on gódum weorcum Godes lufe cépon, ná ídeles gylpes,

      Hml. S. 16, 362.
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  • Hé cépte woruldlice herunga,

      Hml. Th. ii. 154, 29.
to be intent on an action,
seek, desire to do.
with gen.
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  • Gif wé þæs cépað,

      Hml. Th ii. 356, 14.
  • Ic ðá fleámes cépte

    I sought to fly,

      Hml. S. 7, 351.
  • Ðý lǽs hé fleámes cépte

    ne aufugeret

    (Bd.
      4, 22), Hml. Th. ii. 358, 2.
  • Hí þóhton ꝥ hí hyne ofslógon, and swíþe þæs cépton,

      Hml. A. 66, 21: 71, 163.
  • Hé wolde ðám biscope þances képan

    he would be very grateful to the bishop,

      C. D. vi. 184, 22.
to look out for,
a person (gen. )
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  • Férde Martinus, and þæt folc his cépte,

      Hml. Th. ii. 506, 7.
  • Rád Maurus tó þám lande, and his cépte sum beddryda,

      Hml. S. 6, 254. (1 a) with idea of hostility :-- Þá
    cwelleras cépton ðǽra crístenra gehwǽr, Hml. S. 19, 18.
  • Hét Syrian cyning his (

    Ahab

    ) cépan, ꝥ hé ána feólle,
      18, 217.
  • Se cásere beád man swíðe georne sceolde cépan crístenra manna,

      23, 48.
an object,
to seek,
with gen.
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  • Heó bæd ꝥ heó faran móste, wolde swá cépan þǽra crístenra láre,

      Hml. S. 2, 30.
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  • Ðá hǽðenan cépton hú hí hine ácwealdon,

      Hml. S. 15, 48.
  • Hé cépte symle hú hé cwémde Gode,

      18, 36.
to keep, hold prisoner
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  • Swá hwylcne swá ic cysse, cépað his sóna (

    tenete eum,

      Mt. 36, 48), Hml. Th. ii. 246, 11.
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v. be-, ge-cépan.
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