Ge-cwician

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cwician

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -cwycian; Related words:

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

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᚹᛁᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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