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Ge-tíþian

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1 ge-tíþian

Add :-- Ic getíðige praesto, Ælfc. Gr. 139, 11. I. to grant a request. (1) absolute, to consent to a request (with dat. of person asking) :-- Ꝥ hé unc getíðade (-tigðade, ), and on þæs gesíðes huus ineóde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 568, 14. Hié bǽdon ꝥ ... Sume him getygðedon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 16. God þé getíþige and þíne béne gehýre, Angl. xii. 515, 13. (2) with gen. of request and dat. of person :-- Gif wé þæs biddað þe ús tó écere hǽlþe fremiað, ús getíðað þæs se heofenlica Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 528, 20. Hié hine bǽdon ꝥ ...; and hé him þæs getygðade, Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 20. Hé him þǽre béne getygðade, 4, 10; S. 200, 32. Hié him þæs getygðedon, 2, 2; S. 64, 30: 3, 10; S. 140, 18. Ic bidde ꝥ þú me ánre lytelre béne getýðige, Hml. S. 23 b, 712. Him þæs getygðian, Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 31. Him næs getíðod ðǽre lytlan lisse, Hml. Th. i. 330, 29. Him næs þǽre béne getíðod, ii. 528, 6. (3) with dat. of request :-- Hé bæd ðá heáfodmenn ꝥ hí his bénum getíþodon, Hml. S. 26, 49. (4) with clause and dat. of person :-- Getíða mé synfullum ꝥ ic átéo þás hringan, Hml. S. 21, 66. Getídige ús God ꝥ wé magon eów secgan his láre, Hml. A. 12, 309. II. to grant, bestow (with acc. of object granted and dat. of person) :-- Crístes deáð getíðað ús þæt éce líf, Hml. Th. ii. 240, 20. Ðǽr getíðað Drihten micele weldǽda geleáffullum mannum, 298, 11. Þisne anweald hé forgeaf Petre ... þone ylcan andweald hæfð se Ælmihtiga getíðod biscopum, i. 370, 4-13. Críst hæfð micel getíþod eów, Hml. S. 36, 167. ge-tiðian,ge-tiþian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛏᛁᚦᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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