Ge-fadian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-fadian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-fadian
p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre :-- Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own manner, Thw. Hept. p. 4, 9. Se Feeder gefadaþ ealle þing the Father disposes all things, Homl. Th. ii. 606, 3. He gefadode wið ða burhware he arranged with the townsfolk, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 21 : Homl. Th. i. 278, 19. Hí ða gebytlunge gefadedon they arranged the building, ii. 172, 30. Gefadige [gefadie MS. B.] man ða steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlíc and fór worulde aberendlíc let the correction be regulated so that it be becoming before God and tolerable before the world, L. C. S. 2; Th. i. 376, 13. Gefadad disposed, Th. Diplm. A. D. 972; 522, 12. ge-fadian
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