Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cwician

Part of speech: -cwycian;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-cwician

p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken] To quicken, create; vivĭfĭcere, creāre :-- Dó me æfter ðínum wordum wel gecwician vivĭfĭca me secundum verbum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 25. Heortan clǽne gecwica in me God cor mundum crea in me Deus, Ps. Surt. 50, 12. Ðæt ðú me on rihtes rǽd gecwycige in æquĭtāte tua vivĭfĭca me, Ps. Th. 118, 40. He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19. Hí bíþ gecwicude creābuntur, Ps. Spl. C. 103, 31. [Goth. ga-kwiujan to quicken, make alive : O. H. Ger. ki-chuuichan.] ge-cwician

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚹᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

View All Sources