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ge-sibbian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-sibbian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [sibbian to pacify]
To make peaceful, pacify, appease, gladden; pācāre, pācĭfĭcāre, concĭliāre, lætĭfĭcāre
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  • Ic gesibbige

    concĭlio,

      Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 74, 18; Wrt. Voc. 50, 2.
  • He gesibbade ða cyningas betwih and ða folc

    pācātis altĕrŭtrum rēgĭbus ac pŏpŭlis,

      Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 22.
  • Gesibbedan sáwle míne

    lætĭfĭcāvērunt anĭmam meam,

      Ps. Th. 93, 18.
  • Ðá he hæfde ðone híréd gesibbodne

    when he had reconciled the household,

      Blickl. Homl. 225, 10.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-sibjon to reconcile: O. H. Ger. ge-sippot united.]
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