Ge-scendan

Part of speech: -scindan, -scyndan;

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1 ge-scendan

p. de; pp. ed To shame, put to shame, confound, corrupt :-- Drihten hýg gescent Dominus subsannabit eos, Ps. Th. 2, 4. Gescendes corrumpit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 33. Ðæt ðú híg gescindest that thou didst shame her, Gen. 20, 6. He us gescende and úre weorc he hath put us and our deeds to shame, Blickl. Homl. 243, 11. Hwá biþ gescended ðæt me forðæm ne scamige who is shamed and I am not ashamed? Past. 21, 6; Swt. 165, 5; Hat. MS. Ne gescend me non confundas me, Ps. Th. 118, 116. Ðæt ic ne wese gescended ut non confundar, 80: 87, 15: 126, 6. Beóþ gescende míne fýnd confundantur inimici mei, 69, 2: 82, 13. Ne wylt ðú me gescyndan noli me confundere, 118, 31. Ne beó ic gescynded non confundar, 6. ge-scendan

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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