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ge-wissian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-wissian, p. ode, ade; pp. od
To make or cause to know, to instruct, inform, direct, command, govern; docere, edocere, regere, præcipere, dirigere
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  • Ðæt he ðone iungan cniht gewissian sceolde

    that he should instruct the young boy,

    • Ælfc.T. Lisle, 34, 3
      • .

  • To ðam lande ðe ic ðé gewissige

    unto a land that I will shew thee,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 21, 42
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  • On ðam regole ðe us gewissaþ be ðære hálgan Eástertíde

    in the rule that directs us about the holy Eastertide.

    • Lchdm. iii. 256, 10
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  • Heó gewissaþ and gescylt and gelǽt

    it directs and protects and guides,

    • Homl. Th. i. 52, 15
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  • Se ðe gewylt and gewissaþ Israhéla folc

    qui reget populum Israhel,

    • 78, 16
      • .

  • Swá swá him Gregorius ǽr gewissode

    as Gregory had before directed him,

    ii.
    • 130, 22
      • :
    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 64, 241
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  • Se wítega hine gewissode ðæt he cúðe gelýfan

    the prophet directed so that he was able to believe,

    • 70, 444
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  • Ðú gewissa ða sacerdas

    tu præcipe sacerdotibus,

    • Jos. 3, 8
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  • Ic gean ðara vi. punda ðe ic Eádmunde mínon bréðer gewissod hæbbe

    I give the six pounds that I have indicated to my brother Edmund,

    • Th. Chart. 559, 6
      • .

  • Gif ðú nelt beón gewissod

    if thou wilt not be directed,

    • Ælfc. T. Lisle, 40, 12
      • .
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v.  wísian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wissian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16851.

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