Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-tilian

Part of speech: -tilgan;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-tilian

p. ode; pp. od. I. to strive after, to get by striving, to obtain, procure, acquire; acquīrĕre :-- Ne ic máran getilige to haldænne nor do I strive to have more, Shrn. 183, 3. Se ðe hit déþ him seluan éce hellewíte ungesǽliglíce getilaþ he who does it will miserably get for himself everlasting hell torment, Th. Chart. 117, 24. Hæbbe ic þearfe ðæt ic ðíne hyldo getilge I have need that I acquire thy grace, Exon. 118 a; Th. 454, 8; Hy. 4, 29. [Goth. ga-tilon to obtain.]. II. to treat a patient; curāre :-- Ic wát hú ðín man getilian sceal I know how you must be treated, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 32. ge-tilian

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛁᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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