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ge-sciftan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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ge-sciftan, I. to divide into shares among people.
Take here ge-scyftan in Dict.
to assign, appoint, ordain
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  • Is lencten ús eallum tó dǽdbóte gescyft, þæt wé on þám fæce . . . wið God gebétan . . . ,

      Wlfst. 102, 17.

  • Stów gecwéme gebróþrum sí ámearcud (designetur) . . . þæt hús ealswá wé sǽdan gescifte

    (designatam),

      Angl. xiii. 397, 464.

  • Syndon eahta heálice mægnu þurh Godes mihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 68, 19. II a. to appoint a person to a position, office, &c. :-- God gescifte ǽnne swá gerádne mann þe áhte geweald ealles ðæs splottes

    God appointed a man of this kind to be the owner of all the plot,

      Hml. S. 23, 414.

  • Beón gescyfte

    (ordinentur)

    gebróþru, þá tó sealmsange geǽmtian,
      Angl. xiii. 444, 1121.

  • Gescifte,

      422, 815.

  • Sýn twégen tó þám sylfan gescyfte

    (destinati),

      410, 640.
to arrange, regulate
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  • God sylf ðás þingc swá gescifte and mid his fadunge gedihte. Hml. S. 23, 256.

  • Hú bisceophádas wurdan ǽrest ástealde and be Godes dihte mannum gescyfte, Wlfst. 176, 7. II a.

    to regulate

    a measure, weight, &c. :-- Ne beó ǽnig metegyrd lengre þonne óðer, ac be þæs scriftes gemete ealle gescyfte, and ǽlc gemet and ǽghwilc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte,
      Ll. Th. ii. 314, 5-8.
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v.  ge-scyftan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sciftan.” 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/49551.

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