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ge-sinhíwan

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ge-sinhíwan, -hígan; pl. m.
Married persons; conjuges, conjugati, conjugia
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  • Unriht gewuna is arisen betwih gesinhíwum

    prava in conjugatorum moribus consuetudo surrexit,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 34.
  • Gesinhíwan conjuges vel

    conjugales,

      Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 25; Wrt. Voc. 50, 7.
  • Ðæt líf ðara gesinhíwena oferstígþ ðaet líf ðæs mægþhádes the life of the married surpasses the life of virginity, Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 29; Hat. MS. Tu gesinhíwan sprǽcon ymbe hine ealle niht

    two married people were talking about him all night,

      Shrn. 90, 2.
  • Ealla ðara monna hús bútan ðara gesinhígna

    all men's houses except the two married people's,

    5.
  • Ðara háligra gesinhína tíd

    the holy man and wife's tide,

      55, 31.
  • Wit sýn swá swá gesinhína[?]

    we be as married people,

      40, 20.
  • For gesinhíwum

    pro conjugiis,

      Bd. 4, 5; S. 573, 14.
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v. sin-híwan.
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v.  sin-híwan ge-sam-híwan.
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