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ge-scénan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-scénan, p. de; pp. ed
To break, bruise, wound; contĕrĕre, vulnĕrāre
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  • Hí woldon ǽninga heafolan gescénan

    they would at once wound the head,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2286; An. 1144.
  • Forðon he ǽren dór gesceeneþ

    quia contrivit portas æreas,

      Ps. Th. 106, 15.
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v. ge-scǽnan.
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