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ge-þýwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-þýwan, -þýan, -þíwan, -þéwan, -þeón, -þeówan; p. -þýwde, -þýde; pp. -þýd
To press, impel, urge, force, impress, rebuke, oppress; prĕmĕre, trūdĕre, urgēre, compellĕre, imprĭmĕre, incrĕpāre, opprĭmĕre
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  • Se snáw geþýþ hý and geþreátaþ

    the snow presses and afflicts them,

      Salm. Kmbl. 607; Sal. 303.
  • Ðú Reádne Sǽ ricene geþýwdest

    incrĕpāvit Măre Rubrum,

      Ps. Th. 105, 9.
  • He Ægypti egesan geþýwde mid feala tácna

    pŏsuit in Ægypto signa sua,

      77, 43.
  • Hí mec þingum geþýdan

    they pressed me violently,

      Exon. 123 a; Th. 472, 10; Rä. 61, 14.
  • Geþýd and geþreátod

    rebuked and threatened,

      Andr. Kmbl. 871; An. 436.
  • Gesáwon hí swilce mannes fótlǽsta fæstlíce on ðam stáne geþýde

    they saw as it were a man's footsteps firmly impressed on the stone,

      Homl. Th. i. 506, 12.
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v.  ge-þeón ge-þéwan ge-þíwan.
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