Ge-langian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-langian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -langigan; Related words: trans.

Definitions

1 ge-langian

p. ode; pp. od; [ge, langian to long for] To call for, send for, deliver, liberate; convocare, arcessere, accersire, liberare :-- Ðú gelangast to ðé ðíne leófostan frýnd thou shalt call to thee thy most beloved friends, Jos. 2, 18. Gelangode to him ða bróðru convocavit ad se fratres, Greg. Dial. 2, 3. He hét gelangian ðone hálgan láreów he ordered the holy teacher to be sent for, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 5. He gelangode him to his swustur he sent for his sister, i. 86, 30. He bæd ðæt him man sumne mæsse-preóst gelangode he asked them to send for a priest, ii. 26, 9. Ic gelangige arcesso [MS. accerso], Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 35. Wearþ ðá eft gelangod se geleáffulla apostol of ðam íglande so was the faithful apostle liberated from that island, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 28. ge-langian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᚪᛝᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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