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ge-sibbian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to reconcile those who are at variance
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  • Sibba þá cídenda[n] men and þú hié gesibbast

    try to reconcile disputants and you will reconcile them,

      Lch. iii. 176, 26.

  • On ðisum wræcfullum lífe wé sceolon ðá ungeðwǽran gesibbian,

      Hml. Th. ii. 442, 15.
to ally, confederate those who are not acting together
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  • Críst for ðí ástáh of heofenum tó ðisum middanearde þæt hé wolde mancynn gesibbian and geðwǽrlǽcan tó þám heofenlicum werode, swá swá Paulus cwæð: 'Sé is úre sib, sé ðe dyde ǽgðer tó ánum' (v. Eph. 2, 12-14), þæt is engla werod and mancynn tó ánum werode,

      Hml. Th. ii. 580, 2.

  • Gesybbode

    confederantur,

      Germ. 397, 437.

  • Tóscereð gesibbade

    separat federates,

      Kent. Gl. 604.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-sibbian.” 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/49655.

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