Ge-miclian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-miclian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -myclian; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-miclian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To enlarge, magnify, extol, glorify :-- Se Mǽða ríce swíðe gemiclade who greatly enlarged the kingdom of the Medes, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 35, 28: Ps. Th. 147, 3. Se ðereorda gehwæs ryne gemiclaþ he who enlargeth the course of every speech, Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 4; Cri. 47. Swíðe gemiclade se drihten miltheortnisse his magnificavit dominus misericordiam suam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 58. Gemycla míne sáuwle magnify my soul, Blickl. Homl. 159, 2. Gemycclige mín sául Drihten my soul magnify the Lord, 13, 5. Gemicliaþ hine glorificate eum, Ps. Spl. 21, 22. Ðú gemiclast me honorificabis me, 49, 16. ge-miclian

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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