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ge-cyrran

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-cyrran, p. de; pp. ed.
to turn, convert; vertere, convertere
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  • We sceolan ða wundor gecyrran on sóðfæstnesse geleáfan

    we must apply those wonders to the belief in the truth,

    • Blickl. Homl. 17, 10
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  • Ic gecyrre feónd mínne

    converto inimicum meum,

    • Ps. Spl. 9, 3
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  • Manega israhela bearna he gecyrþ to drihtne

    multos filiorum israel convertet ad dominum,

    • Lk. Bos. 1, 16
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  • Gif hé ðæt Cristene folc mid lufan ne mehton gecyrron

    if they could not by love convert Christian people,

    • Blickl. Homl. 45, 22
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  • Ðíne heortan to rǽde gecyr

    turn thy heart to counsel,

    • Blickl. Homl. 113, 27
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 114, 7; 84, 5
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  • Heora líf he hæfþ to gefeán gecyrred

    their life he hath turned to joy,

    • Blickl. Homl. 85, 24; 57, 30; 59, 13
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to turn [one's self], go, return; verti, reverti, ire
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  • Ic wille ðæt he libbe and to Gode gecyrran

    I will that he live and turn to God,

    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 34; 101, 15
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  • Gecyrraþ to me ðonne gecyrre ic to eów. He ðonne gecyrde to us

    turn to me then will I turn to you. He turned to us then,

    • Blickl. Homl. 103, 1
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  • Ðú ne gecyr from ðínre ðeówene

    turn not from thy servant,

    • 89, 12
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 58, 14
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2158
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    • An. 1080
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  • Hí symle sculon ðone ylcan ryne eft gecyrran

    they ever must go again the same course,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 74
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    • Met. 11, 37
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  • Ðá gecyrdon ða twá and hund-seofontig

    reversi sunt septuaginta duo,

    • Lk. Bos. 10, 17
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  • Hwænne he sý fram gyftum gecyrred

    quando revertatur a nuptis,

    • Lk. Bos. 12, 36
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-cyrran.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/14009.

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