Ge-syngian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-syngian

Add: I. to act wrongly, make a mistake :-- Leófa dohtor, þú gesingodest mid þý þe þú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp. Ap. Th. 16, 2. II. of moral wrongdoing, to sin. (1) intrans. (a) absolute :-- Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngað,157, 25. Ne wénde Ezechias þæt hé gesyngode, 38, 3. Ðæt hé geméte forgiefnesse ðæs ðe hé ðurh ðá geornfulnesse his andan gesyngade ut veniam obtineat, ex eo quod per zeli ejus studium peccat, 165, 23. Ær ðǽm ðe hé gesyngige, 407, 4. Hí on hira inngeðonce ongieten ðæt hié gesyngoden, 417, 35. Hié suuncon ymb ðæt hú hié meahton gesyngian, 239, 21. (b) to sin in respect to a particular matter :-- Hú suíðe hé on ðám gesyngað, Past. 39, 2. Ðæt hé self suiður on ðǽm ne gesyngige, 149, 23. God forlét ðæt mód his gecorenra gesyngian on somum lytlum ðingum, 467, 11. (c) to sin against :-- þé ánum ic gesyngade, Bl. H. 87, 29. Gif seofo síða gesynngiga (gesyngað. R.) in ðec si septies peccauerit in te, Lk. L. 17, 4. of one special form of sin :-- Hé gesyngias moechatur, Mt. L. 19, 9. Ne gesynnge ðú non moechaberis, 5, 27. Gesyngege moechari, 32. (2) trans, to commit a sin :-- Hé teohhode gif hí hwæt gesyngodon (-en, ) on þám frýdóme ꝥ hí hit eft on ðám freódó;me gebéton, Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 13. ge-syngian

Related words: l.