Ge-eácnian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-eácnian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ic -eácnige, ðú -eácnigast, he -eácnaþ,

ge-eácnian
pl. -eácniaþ; p. ode; pp. od To increase, conceive, become pregnant; augēri, concipĕre, augēre :-- Ic hine bletsige and geeácnige benedīcam ei et augēbo eum, Gen. 17, 20. Efnenú geeácnode unrihtwísnesse ecce partŭri injustĭtia, Ps. Lamb. 7, 15. Hí geeácnodon unrihtwísnysse augēbant injustĭtiam, Jud. 4, 1 : Elen. Grm. 342. Elizabeþ his wíf geeácnode Elizabeth his wife conceived, Lk. Bos. 1, 24. Ðú on innoðe geeácnast thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 1, 31. In synnum geeácnod wæs he was conceived in sins, Ps. C. 50, 61; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 61. DER. to-geeácnian.

Related words: eácnian. ge-eacnian

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