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ge-openian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-openian, -openigean; p. ode; pp. od, ad.
trans.
To open, manifest, shew, reveal
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  • He bæd him engla weard geopenigean uncúðe wyrd

    he prayed the guardian of angels to reveal to him the unknown fate,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2201; El. 1102.

  • Se anweald geopenaþ his yfel and gedéþ hit sweotol

    power reveals his evil and makes it plain,

      Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 20: Salm. Kmbl. 266, 2.

  • He his godcundnysse, mihta mid ðam tácne geopenode

    he revealed the powers of his divinity with that miracle,

      Homl. Th. 1 54, 31: Gen. 18, 20.

  • He heofonan ríces infær geopenode

    he opened an entrance to the kingdom of heaven,

      Homl. Th. ii. 128, 24: 260, 11: i. 78, 27.

  • Geopena ongeán me lífes geat

    open to me the gate of life,

      76, 3.

  • Ðæt he geopenige that he shew, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 24; Hat. MS. God hine onwrýhþ ðeáh ðe wit hine ne geopenian

    God will reveal it though we two do not make it manifest,

      Blickl. Homl. 187, 17.

  • Geopenod

    opened,

      9, 8.
intrans.
To open
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  • Ðá geopenode seó sǽ togeánes Moysen

    the sea opened before Moses,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 63, 228.
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v.  openian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-openian.” 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/15571.

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