Getan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Getan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: gitan. getan

Definitions

1 getan

p. de, te; pp. ed To GET, take, obtain; adipisci, capere, assequi :-- Cwæþ he on mergenne méces ecgum getan wolde said he in the morning would take them with the edges of the sword, Beo. Th. 5872; B. 2940. DER. a-getan.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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