Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-lendan

Part of speech: he -lent;

Definitions

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1 ge-lendan

p. -lende; pp. -lended, -lend To approach, come, arrive, go, proceed; applĭcāáre, accēdĕre, procēdĕre :-- Ic gelende mid scipe applĭco, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Som. 25, 53. Ðæt scip gelent mid ðý streáme the ship goes with the current, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 13; Hat. MS. Conon gelende to Ahtene Conon came to Athens, Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 54, 12 : Chr. 886; Erl. 85, 10. He wæs on hergaþ gelend on ðæt ilce ríce he had arrived on a plundering expedition in the same kingdom, 894; Erl. 92, 3. Heo on Norþhumbrelond gelændon mid æscum they came to Northumbria with their boats, Th. An. 120, 17 : Shrn. 191, 15. ge-lendan

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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