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ge-cneówian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Se cempa gecneówode tó þám bisceope fulluhtes biddende,

      Hml. S. 3, 277.
  • Betere is þæt se cásere, þonne hé tó Róme becymð, þæt hé wurpe his cynehelm and gecneówige æt ðæs fisceres gemynde, þonne se fiscere cneówige æt þæs cáseres gemynde. Hml. Th. i. 578, 7.
  • Gesinge hé fíftig sealma and gecneówige æt ǽlcon heora; and gif hé gecneówian ne mæge, singe hundseofontig sealma

    cantet quinquaginta psalmos et inter singulos eorum in genua procumbat; si in genua procumbere nequit, septuaginta psalmos cantet,

      Ll. Th. ii. 134, 37.
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[Cf. O.H. Ger. ge-chniuwen.]
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