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ge-sígan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ge-sígan, p. -sáh, pl. -sigon; pp. -sigen [sígan to sink]
To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol
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  • Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne

    before it [the sun] begin fully to sink,

      Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21.
  • Ðæt he ána scyle gesígan æt sæcce

    that he alone should sink in conflict,

      Beo. Th. 5311; B. 2659.
  • Ðonne me ylde tíd on gesíge

    in tempore senectutis,

      Ps. Th. 70, 8.
  • Ðá to ðam wage geság

    then to the wall he sank,

      Exon. 51 a; Th. 178, 13; Gú. 1243.
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