Ge-endian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-endian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -endigan, to -endianne; Related words: trans. To end, finish, complete, accomplish;

Definitions

1 ge-endian

p. ode, ade; pp, od, ad. I. fīnīre, consummāre, perfĭcĕre :-- Ðes man agan timbrian, and ne mihte hit geendian hic hŏmo cæpit ædĭfĭcāre, et non pŏtuit consummāre, Lk. Bos. 14, 30. Ǽr heó hit geendigan móste ere she might end it, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 28. Se cyning mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs, and ðæt ylce geweorc his æfter-fyligende Oswalde forlét to geendianne rex ipse impio nece occīsus, ŏpus ĭdem suceessōri suo Osualdo perfĭciendum relīquit, 2, 14; S. 517, 33. Ic geendige fīnio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57. Man ðæt geendaþ on ǽfynne man ends it in the evening, Ps. Th. 103, 22. Oþoniél geendode his dagas mortuus est Othoniel, Jud. 3, 11 : Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 27. Hyt ys geendod consummātum est, Jn. Bos. 19, 30 : Mk. Bos. 13. 4. Ðe nó geendad weorþeþ which shall not be ended, Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 12; Cri. 1640 : 63 a; Th. 232, 1; Ph. 500. II. to come to an end :-- Ðá geendode se gebeorscipe then the feast came to an end, Th. Apol. 18, 8. Siððan Eádgár geendode since Edgar died, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 44 : 68, 365. Geendiaþ ealle on ans they all end in -ans, Ælfc. Gr. Som. 43, 46. ge-endian

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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