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GEÓTAN

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1 GEÓTAN

pl. geótaþ; p. geát, gét, pl. guton; pp. goten; I. to pour, pour out, shed; fundere, effundere, profundere :-- Teáras geótan to shed tears, Exon. 10 b; Th. 11, 19; Cri. 173. Geát teáras shed tears; fundebat lachrymas, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 9. He gét ðæt blód uppan ðæt weofod fudit sanguinem super altare, Leas one would pour water, Ps. Th. 78, 3. Ðý læs weras and idesa on geáþ gutan lest men and women should pour it forth in mockery, Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 8; Gú. 1207. Ofer hleór goten poured over the cheek, Elen. Kmbl. 2264; El. 1133. II. to flow, stream; profluere, :-- He háte lét teáras geótan he let hot tears flow, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 16; Gú. 1029. Geofon geótende the flowing sea, Andr. Kmbl. 785; An. 393: 3014; An. 1510; Ps. Th. 17, 4. Mid geótendan here with an overwhelming army, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 17. III. to found, cast :-- Gold and seolfur ðe hér geótaþ menn gold and silver that men here found, Ps. Th. 134, 15. Híg guton him hǽðenne god they have made them a molten image, Deut. 9, 12. [Cf. Orm. Moyses shollde ȝetenn himm a neddre: Laym. ȝeoten to pour: Goth. giutan: O. Sax. giotan: Dan. gyde: Swed. giuta to cast: O. H. Ger. giozan: Ger. giessen.] DER. a-geótan, be-, ge-, ofer-, on-, þurh-, to-. geotan
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ᚷᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
Goth.
Gothic
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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