Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-þeahting

Part of speech: -þeahtung, -þæhtung, e

Definitions

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1 ge-þeahting

f. Counsel, consultation, deliberation, agreement; consilium, consultātio, consultum, consensus :-- Ic Ælfréd cingc mid geþeahtunge Æþerédes ercebisceopes I, king Alfred, with the counsel of archbishop Athered, Th. Ch. 484, 11. Hú egesfullíc he is in geþeahtingum ofer monna bearn quam terrĭbĭlis in consĭliis sŭper fīlios hŏmĭnum! Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 36. Se geþeahtingum hafaþ in hondum heofon and eorþan who by his counsels holdeth in his power heaven and earth, Exon. 43 a; Th. 140, 31; Gú. 618. To geþeahtunge ad consulta, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 43. Mid geþeahtunge cum consensu, Ps. Th. 54, 13. Geþæhtung consilium, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 14: 22, 15. ge-þeahting

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚦᛠᚻᛏᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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