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ge-hefigian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
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to make of serious import
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  • Ðonne hié willað him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hié ðurhtugon tó suíðe gelíhtan ðæt hié ðonne ondrǽden for ðæs láreówes ðreáunga ðæt hié hit him gehefegien (-hefgien,

    v. l.) cum sibi quis malum, quod perpetravit, laevigat, hoc contra se graviter ex corripientis asperitate pertimescat

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      Past. 159, 21.
to make dull, make slow of understanding
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  • Eálá gé ungewitfullan Galatæ, hwá gehefegode (-hefgade, v. l.) eów

    O insensati Galatae, quis vos fascinavit?

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      Past. 207, 15.
  • Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówre heortan mid oferǽte and oferdrynce,

      129, 19.
to make oppressive
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  • Gehefegad is ofer mé hond ðín

    gravata est super me manus tua

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      Ps. Srt. 31, 4.
to make oppressed, weigh down, burden, afflict
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  • Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon gadrige ðæt ðicke fenn on hine and hine mid ðý gehefegige

    avaro contra se densum lutum aggravare est . . . ,

      Past. 329, 20.
  • Gihefgindum diá heorte

    ingrassante diabolico corde

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      Rtl. 102, 39.
  • Þeáh þæt mód nú myd þǽre byrðene þæs líchaman gehefegod sió. Solil. H. 63, 22.
to make heavy with weariness, sleep, &c.
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  • Móyses handa wǽron mycclum gehefegode,

      Hml. S. 13, 23.
  • Him wǽron gehefgode ðá eágan of ðám menigfealdum teárum,

      23, 249.
  • Gehefegode

    gravati

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      Mt. 26, 43.
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