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ge-cirran

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Take here ge-cerran, ge-cyrran in Dict., and add: A. trans.
of actual movement.
to turn, turn back, change the direction of motion of,
a living creature
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  • Isaias wæs áwæg farende, ac God hine gecyrde,

      Hml. S. 18, 422.

  • Se cyningc hý gecyrran wolde eft tó Egyptum,

      Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 23.
to repulse an advancing enemy (lit. and fig.)
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  • Hé ofercuóm ł gecerde

    (Iudaeos) conuincit,

      Mk. p. 4, 19.

  • Men þe þis land bewiston him fyrd ongeán sændon, and hine gecyrdon,

      Chr. 1091; P. 226, 27.

  • Ðǽr wearð se cyng of France þurh gesmeáh gecyrred, and seó fyrding tóhwearf,

      1094; P. 229, 29.
a thing
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  • Seó strǽl wearð eft gecyrred, and þone mon, þe heó ǽr from sended wæs, sceát.

      Bl. H. 199, 22.
where motion has been caused,
to replace, return to a former position
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  • Gecerr (-cer, R.) suord in stówe his

    converte gladium in locum suum,

      Mt. L. 26, 52.
  • Hæfde Metod égstreám eft gecyrred. Gen. 1415.
to go to a person, visit: —
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  • Mé gedafenið þæt ic tó dæg þé gecyrre (hodie in domo tua oportet me manere,

      Lk. 19, 5), Hml. Th. i. 580, 34.

  • Hí eft hine ne gecyrdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 82, 10.

  • Ðá tungelwítegan þone cyning gecyrdon,

      108, 28: 110, 3.

  • Hí noldon ðone réðan cwellere eft gecyrran,

      80, 26.
to change the direction of a body at rest
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  • Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne ... mín heáfod sceal beón on eorþan gecyrred,

      Bl. H. 191, 6.
to cause to feel or
act, to move
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  • Mið hreáwnisse gecerred

    poenitentia motus,

      Mt. L. 21, 29.

  • Mið miltheortnise gecerred

    misericordia motus,

      Lk. L. 7, 13: 10, 33: 15, 20.
to direct the course of action of a person to or from an object, induce to adopt or
abandon
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  • Hé hí gecyrde tó Crístes geleáfan,

      Chr. 565; P. 19, 6.

  • Hé þá munecas on ryht gecierde, þæt hié Eástron on ryht heóldon (gecyrde tó rihtum Eástrum,

    v.l.

    ),
      716; P. 42, 15.

  • Gecerde

    correxit i. convertit (Romam a funesto ritu ),

      An. Ox. 2069.

  • Gecærred tó geleáfa Crístes,

      Mk. p. 1, 6.
to direct to an end,
turn on an object to be considered
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  • Oft sió hǽlo ðæs líchoman on unðeáwas wearð gecierred (-cirred,

    v.l.) plerumque accepta salus carnis per vitia expenditur,

      Past. 251, 10.

  • Þá þe on heora heortan and on willan on God gecyrred wǽron,

      Bl. H. 133, 25.
to turn a person to another.
with idea of submission, devotion, to make a subject or
an adherent of
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  • Þone mǽstan dǽl hié geridon and him tó gecirdon (ꝥ folc hym tó gebígde,

    v.l.

    ),
      Chr. 878; P. 74, 27.

  • Weorðað monige æfter ðæs líchoman scylde tó Gode gecerred,

      Past. 411, 2.

  • Þá sind tó Críste gecirde,

      Ll. Th. i. 56, 12.
with idea of kindness, favour
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  • ꝥ hé fædera heortan tó heora bearnum gecyrre (-cerre,

      L.R.), Lk. 1. 17.
to turn, change
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  • Ðá ðóht geségon gecerde

    quae sensum uidebantur mutare,

      Mt. p. 2, 17.

  • Geóguð is gecyrred, El. 1265. VI a. of moral or spiritual change, as a theological term,

    to convert

    :-- Se gecyrreda sceaða,
      Hml. Th. ii. 124, 32.

  • Búton gé beón gecyrrede (-cerred, L.) and gewordene swá swá lytlingas, Mt. 18, 3. VI b. to turn into, convert :-- ꝥ wæter gecerde in wín

    aquam conuertit in uinum,

      Jn. p. 3, 11.

  • Þyses fýres hǽto sý gecyrred on wǽtne deáw,

      Hml. S. 30, 441: Guth. 88, 14.

  • Nama wæs gecyrred on þæt betere,

      El. 1061.

  • Hé bið gecirred (-cierred,

    v.l.

    ) tó áre.
      Past. 269, 2.

  • Hí synd gecyrrede tó heora gecynde, Hml. Th. i. 68, 29. VI c. to turn into another language, translate :-- In Grécisc spréc gecerred

    in Graecam linguam uersa,

      Mt. p. 2, 4. B. intrans.
of movement (lit. or fig.)
to turn, go, come
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  • Ǽlc healde his endebyrdnysse, swá swá hé tó mynstre cóm, swylce ic þus cweðe: 'Gif twégen on ánum dæge tó mynstre gecyrrað,' R. Ben. 114, 13.

  • Hí tó ðám cilde gecyrdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 108, 29.

  • Þá wíf ealle tógædere gecirdon

    the women all came together. Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 5. (1 a) to return :-- Ðonne hé gecerres (reuertatur )

    from symblum,
      Lk. L. 12, 36.

  • Seó sib gecyrð eft tó ðám bydele,

      Hml. Th. ii. 534, 13.

  • Hé on hine seolfne gecerde

    in se reuersus,

      Lk. L. 15, 17.

  • Mið ðý gecerde of londe

    regresso de agro,

      17, 7.

  • Hé eft tó Cantwarebiri gecyrde,

      Chr. 995; P. 131, 25.

  • Gecyrde hé ongeán,

      Hml. Th. i. 60, 6.
  • Hí gecyrdon him hám, ii. 518, 30.
  • Gecyrr hám, i. 60, 17.

  • Gecyr tó Ezechian,

      Hml. S. 18, 423.

  • Betere ðæt hí ðone weg ne ongeáten, ðonne hí underbæc gecerden ...,

      Past. 445, 33.

  • Hit wǽre nyttre tó gecyrrenne,

      Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 20.

  • Gecearredo uéron ł gecerred wæs éghuelc in hús hiora, Jn. L. 7, 53. (1 b) to go to a person as a guest :-- Hé tó menn synfullum gecerde

    ad hominem peccatorem divertisset

    ,
      Lk. L. 19, 7.
of change of attitude,
to turn
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  • Ðe Hǽlend gecerde

    Iesus conuersus,

      Mt. L.R. 9, 22.

  • Hé gecerde ymb

    conuersus,

      Mk. L.R. 8, 33.

  • Gecerdo

    conuersi,

      Mt. L. 7, 6.
to come to a condition,
arrive at
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  • Hér cuóm micel sciphere on West-Wealas, and hié tó ánum gecierdon (

    the Danes and Welsh came to an agreement

    ),
      Chr. 835; P. 62, 16.

  • Drihten wile ꝥ ealle men sýn hále and gesunde, and tó þon soþan andgite gecyrran,

      Bl. H. 107, 18.

  • On wrǽðo gecerred wæs

    he had gone mad

    ; in furorem uersus est,
      Mk. L. 3, 21.
to turn
to action,
attempt to do, set about, perform
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  • Monige men tó dǽdbóte and tó andetnesse gecyrraþ,

      Bl. H. 65, 7: 129, 23.

  • Ðá yfelan ongitaþ hyra yfel and gecierrað (-cyrraþ,

    v.l.

    ) tó goode,
      Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 15.

  • Hié tó þám gecirdon þæt hié wiþ þone here winnende wǽrun

    they set about fighting with the Danes,

      Chr. 867; P. 68, 21.

  • Buton heora hwelc eft tó rihtre bóte gecirre,

      Bt. 3, l; F. 6, 5: Ll. Th. i. 196, 3.
from action, to desist from,
cease to do
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  • ꝥ hé fram synnan gecyrre,

      Ll. Th. i. 326, 8.

  • Þeówdóme gecyrrendum

    ex servitio convertenti,

      R. Ben. I. 13, 17. ꝥ wé
    é
to turn from one to another
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  • Gíf hwá wille fram unrihte gecyrran eft tó rihte,

      Ll. Th. i. 410, 21.
to turn to, give assent to,
be favourably disposed to
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  • Áhyld míne heortan þæt ic on þíne gewitnysse gecyrre

    inclina cor meum in testimonia tua,

      Ps. Th. 118, 36.
  • Wé nellaþ gecyrran tó his onsægednyssum. Hml. S. 28, 50.

  • Hé sende Scottum gewrit ꝥ hí scoldon gecerran tó rihtum Eástrum,

      Chr. 627; P. 25, 29.
to turn for help to,
have recourse to
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  • Þæt he gecyrre tó þám sélran and tó þon sóþon lǽcedóme,

      Bl. H. 107, 15.
to turn to a person,
be favourably disposed to.
to be gracious
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  • Ic tó eów mid siblufan gecyrre,

      Reb. 8.

  • Ic þé bidde ꝥ þú mé eallunga tó gecyrre,

      Angl. xii. 512, 35.
to make submission
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  • Ǽlc healde his endebyrdnesse swá hé gecyrde ... Gif twégen on ánum dæge tó Gode gecyrrað ...,

      R. Ben. 115, 10-13.
to turn, change
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  • Se wlite tó ylde gecyrreþ,

      Bl. H. 59, 7.

  • Gecerreð ísmere on his ágen gecynd, weorþeð tó wætere, Met. 28, 61. VII a. of spiritual change,

    to be converted

    :-- Se cining gecerde and wearð gefullod,
      Chr. 616; P. 23, 24.
  • Hweþer hié gecyrran woldan, oþþe ǽnige dǽdbóte dón þǽs mánes þe hié wið heora Dryhten gedydon. Bl. H. 79, 5.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cirran.” 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/47454.

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