Ge-sceáwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sceáwian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-sceáwian

p. ode; pp. od. I. acc. To spew, manifest, exhibit; exhibere, monstrāre, manifestāre :-- Áre ne wolde gesceáwian would not shew reverence, Cd. 76; Th. 95, 19; Gen. 1581. Wile ðonne gesceáwian wlitige and unclǽne then will he manifest the fair and the foul, 227; Th. 303, 7; Sat. 609. Eorle monegum áre gesceáwaþ to many a man he shews honour, Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 15; Deor. 33. He him wolde árlíc bisceop-setl gesceáwian he would shew [provide for] him an honourable bishop's-seat, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 2. II. acc. To see, behold, view, look round upon; videre, perspicere, circumspicere :Heó endestæf gesceáwiaþ they shall behold their end, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 31: Sat. 541. Ðæt deáþ ne gesceáwige qui non videbit mortem, Ps. Th. 88, 41. Mínre heortan gehygd gesceáwa view the thoughts of my heart, 138, 20. Hord ys gesceáwod the hoard has been seen, Beo. Th. 6161; B. 3084. Ðæt ðú ða bisne sweotole gesceáwige that thou mayest clearly view the example, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 15. Him eallum gesceáwodum iis omnibus circumspectis, L. Bos. 6, 10. III. intrans. To see, consider; videre, considerare :-- And he scearpe ne mǽge gesceáwian non considerat? Ps. Th. 93, 9. ge-sceawian

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ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚪᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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