geswutelian

Meaning

1. to reveal, show, declare, manifest, explain

   Se tún-gerefa Ypolitus cwæð ða to ðam diacone, "Ġeswutela me ðære cyrcan madmas." Laurentius cwæð, "Eala ðu Ypolite, gif ðu gelyfst on God Fæder, and on his Sunu Hælend Crist, ic ðe Ġeswuteliġe ða madmas, and þæt ece líf behate."

   The town-reeve, Hippolytus, said to the deacon, "Show me the church's treasures." Lawrence answered, "O thou Hippolytus, if thou wilt believe in God the Father, and in his Son Jesus Christ, I will show thee the treasures, and promise thee everlasting life."

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence"

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