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ge-eácnung

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conceiving, conception.
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  • Þá æfter þan wǽron gefylde nigan mónað hire geeácnunge , þá cende Anna hyre dohtor,

    • Hml. As. 125, 282.

  • Þ hé bodige hire geeácnunge,

    • Bl. H. 143, 24.
in passive sense
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  • Sci Iohannis geeácnung,

    • Shrn. 133, 26.
what is conceived
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  • Hyre geeácnung (or l ?) is of ðám Hálgan Gáste

    • Hml. As. 135, 630.

  • Wíf seó þe tó ǽwyrpe gedó hire geeácnunga on hyre hryfe mulier quae utero conceptum excusserit,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 154, 15.
parturition, birth
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  • Swilc gedafenað geeácnung

    talis decet partus Deum,

    • Hy. S. 43, 32.

  • Wið ꝥ wíf hrædlíce cenne . . . Sóna swá eall seó geeácnung gedón beó,

    • Lch. i. 218, 23.

  • Geeácnungum

    partubus,

    • An. Ox. 3136.
what is born
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  • Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes

    Redemptor . . . partus virginis,

    • Hy. S. 41, 34.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-eácnung.” 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/47773.

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