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ge-syngian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to act wrongly, make a mistake
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  • Leófa dohtor, þú gesingodest mid þý þe þú woldest witan his naman and his gelimp. Ap. Th. 16, 2.
of moral wrongdoing,
to sin.
intrans.
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  • Ðonne hé of yfelum willan ne gesyngað,

      157, 25.
  • Ne wénde Ezechias þæt hé gesyngode,

      38, 3.
  • Ðæt hé geméte forgiefnesse ðæs ðe hé ðurh ðá geornfulnesse his andan gesyngade

    ut veniam obtineat, ex eo quod per zeli ejus studium peccat,

      165, 23.
  • Ær ðǽm ðe hé gesyngige,

      407, 4.
  • Hí on hira inngeðonce ongieten ðæt hié gesyngoden,

      417, 35.
  • Hié suuncon ymb ðæt hú hié meahton gesyngian,

      239, 21.
to sin in respect to a particular matter
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  • Hú suíðe hé on ðám gesyngað,

      Past. 39, 2.
  • Ðæt hé self suiður on ðǽm ne gesyngige,

      149, 23.
  • God forlét ðæt mód his gecorenra gesyngian on somum lytlum ðingum,

      467, 11.
to sin against
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  • þé ánum ic gesyngade,

      Bl. H. 87, 29.
  • Gif seofo síða gesynngiga (gesyngað. R.) in ðec si septies peccauerit in te, Lk. L. 17, 4. of one special form of sin :-- Hé gesyngias

    moechatur,

      Mt. L. 19, 9.
  • Ne gesynnge ðú

    non moechaberis,

      5, 27.
  • Gesyngege

    moechari,

    32.
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to commit a sin
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  • Hé teohhode gif hí hwæt gesyngodon (-en,

    v. l.

    ) on þám frýdóme ꝥ hí hit eft on ðám freódó;me gebéton,
      Bt. 41, 3; F. 248, 13.
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