Old English Dictionary Entry

A-geótan

Part of speech: -gítan; Related words: trans. To pour out, shed, strew, spill, deprive of

Definitions

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1 a-geótan

p. -geát, -gét, pl. -guton; pp. -goten. I. effundere, privare : -- He his swát ageát he shed his blood. Exon. 40a; Th. 133, 22; Gú. 493 : Cd. 47; Th. 60, 20; Gen. 984. He his blód agét he had spilled his blood Andr. Reed. 2897; [ageát. Grm. 1449; Kmbl. 2897.] Hi aguton blód effuderunt sanguinem. Ps. Spl. 78, 3: Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 30: Gen. 9, 6. Ageót cocor effunde frameam, Ps. Spl. 34, 3. Agoten effusus, Ps. Th. 78, 11. Hie wǽron agotene góda gehwylces they were deprived of all goods, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 23; Jud. 32. II. profluere :-- Swá ðín swát ageát thus thy blood poured forth, Andr. Kmbl. 2881; An. 1443. a-geotan

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Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚷᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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