Ge-tengan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-tengan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ge-tengan

p. de; pp. ed [tengan to hasten, rush upon] To hasten, join, devote one's self to; injungĕre, dēdĕre :-- Hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm he devoted himself to God's service, Elen. Kmbl. 400; El. 200. Ðá getengde se Aristodemus to ðam heáhgeréfa then Aristodemus hastened to the prefect, Homl. Th. i. 72, 18. He sóna getengde wiþ ðæs drýs he at once hastened towards the magician, 374, 4. Se þeign ðá ðǽr to geteingde the servant then hastened thither, Shrn. 14, 27. ge-tengan

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛖᛝᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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