Ge-fetian

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-fetigan, -fetigean;

ge-fetian
p. -fetode, -fetede, -fette; pp. -fetod To fetch, bring; addūcĕre, accīre, afferre :-- Elene héht gefetian on fultum forþsnoterne hæleða gerǽdum Elene bade [them] fetch to her aid the very wise in the councils of men, Elen. Kmbl. 2103; El. 1053 : Beo. Th. 4387; B. 2190. Gefetigan, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 11; Jul. 60. Hét heó sóna hire þínenne gán and ða cyste hire to gefetigean stătim jussit ire ministram et capsellam addūcĕre, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 27 : Elen. Kmbl. 2319; El. 1161. Swá strang ðæt ǽs him gefetede so strong that it got prey for itself, Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 29. He of helle húþe gefette sáwla manega he from hell fetched spoils, many souls, Hy. 10, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 30 : Gen. 24, 11. Ða men of Lundenbyrig gefetodon ða scipu the men of London brought away the ships, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 17. Hý gefetton Escoláfius ðone scínlácan they fetched Æsculapius the magician, Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 30. Hwænne me Dryhtnes ród gefetige when the Lord's cross shall fetch me, Rood. Kmbl. 274; Kr. 138. Gefetod accītus, Cot. 7. Gefotad accersitus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 44. ge-fetian
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