Ge-teón

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-teón

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-teón

pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen. I. to draw, lead, incite, excite, constrain, restrain, bring up, instruct, bring to an end, complete, draw or bind together, string a musical instrument; trahere, ducere, perducere, stringere, evaginare, excitare, constringere, educare, instituere, ad finem perducere, complere, nervis aptare vel instruere :-- Woldon hine geteón in orwénnysse would draw him into despair, Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 24; Gú. 546. Ðás wíf wuna getéþ has mulieres consuetudo constringit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 494, 11. Ðú getíhst his heáhnisse consummabis summitatem ejus, Gen. 6, 16. He Adam fram helle getéh he drew Adam from hell, Nicod. 30; Thw. 17, 31. He monige to rihtre weorþunge ðǽre Drihtenlícan Eástrana geteáh and gelǽdde multos ad Catholicam Dominici Paschæ celebrationem perduxit, Bd. 5, 18; S. 636, 4. Ðá hí hæfdon getogen eall Creáca folc to ðǽm gewinnum when they had drawn all the people of Greece to the wars, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 14, 35. He geteág ealde láfe he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407. Getogene ðý wǽpne evaginata sica, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 21. Folc to mánum getogen excitatum ad scelera vulgus, 2, 5; S. 507, 42. Hæfþ ealle gesceafta getogen he has restrained all creatures, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 48; Met. 11, 24. Ða ðe wǽron on rím-cræfte rihte getogene those who were rightly instructed in the art of numbers, Chr. 975; Th. 226, 31; Edg. 27. Swá getogen mann a man so well instructed, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 13: Th. Ap. 17, 18. Ðeós fyrd wæs getogen ðý feorþan geáre his ríces hoc bellum quarto imperii sui anno complevit, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 15. Wæs heó mid micle sáre getogen illa erat multo dolore constricta, 5, 3; S. 616, 22. Wamb getogen alvus constricta, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 11; Lchdm. i. 352, 24. Mid tyn strengum getogen hearpe a harp strung with ten strings, Ps. Th. 143, 10. Ða organa wǽron getogene the organs were played, Th. Ap. 25, 15. II. to bring as an offering or gift, contribute, bestow, give; conferre :-- Onweald geteáh wicga and wǽpna gave possession of war-horses and weapons, Beo. Th. 2093; B. 1044: 4337; B. 2165. Nó ðú him wearne geteóh do not give them a denial, 738; B. 366. ge-teon

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ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛖᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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