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to insult, mock
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  • Gehypste Dryhten se synfulla

    exacerbavit Dominum peccator,

      Ps. L. 9, 25.
  • Gecance gehispende

    ludibrio insultantes,

      An. Ox. 1474.
to reproach, upbraid
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  • Se wer þe wæs Gode gehálgod gehyspte Arrianum þone gedwolbiscop swá swá hit gebyrede (

    exprobravit ut debuit

    ),
      Gr. D. 238, 15.
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