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geþeodan

geþeodan

Old English

Alternative forms

  • geþydan

Verb

geþēodan

  1. to join, unite, connect, associate
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
      1. Ic geþeóde.
      2. Forðam forlæt se man fæder and móder and geþeót hine to his wífe.
      3. Ðe hí hie oftost to geþeódaþ.
      4. Ðæt us Gode ðú geþeóddest.
      5. Ðá wæs geþeóded hefig gefeoht.
      6. Mihte swýðe well beón to him geþeóded se cwide ðe Iacob se heáhfæder cwæþ.
      7. Ðæt bearn fæderlícum setle ys geþeód.
      8. Of hwylce cneórysse sculon cristene men mid heora mágum him betwih on gesinscipe geþeódde beón?
  2. to apply, adjust, translate
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
      1. He ðám wordum sóna monig word to geþeódde.
      2. Ðonne mihte he ðara ríme geþeóded beón.
      3. He hét ðisne regul of læden-gereorde on englisc geþeódan.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • geþēode
  • geþēodendlic
  • geþēodnes
  • geþēodræden
  • geþēodsumnes
  • ingeþēode

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