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ge-scrífan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-scrífan, p. -scráf, -screáf; pp. -scrifen.
to judge, deem, assign, impose, appoint; judicare, assignare, imponere, designare
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  • Se ðe him gescráf weán

    who to him had assigned misery,

      Cd. 148; Th. 186, 16; Exod. 139.
  • Swá him wyrd gescráf

    so fate assigned to him,

      Beo. Th. 5142; B. 2574: Elen. Grm. 1047: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 58; Met. 1, 29.
  • Hió me lytle læs láðe woldan ðisses eorþweges ende gescrífan

    paulo minus consummaverunt me in terra,

      Ps. Th. 118, 87.
  • Siððan gé agifen habbaþ sceattas gescrifene

    when you have given the appointed sum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 593; An. 297.
to shrive, impose penance, censure; pœnitentiam imponere, reprehendere
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  • Manna sáwla lǽce sceal geþencan, hú he mannum heora dǽda gescrífe and hí þeáh-hwæðere ne fordéme

    the physician of men's souls must consider how he shall shrive their deeds and yet not condemn them,

      L. de. Cf. 1; Th. ii. 260, 14.
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v.  ge-scrif.
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