Ge-lagian

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-lagian
Add: I. of general regulations, to fix by law, establish as law:--Iulius se cásere þisne bissextum gelagode on þǽre stówe þe wé nú hine healdað, Angl. viii. 306, 40. Be þǽre steóre þe Eádgár gelagede, Wlfst. 272, 8. Gif hé his ælmessan rihtlíce ne gelǽste, swá swá hit gelagod sý, 172, 4. Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is, 181, 8. Heora yldran heom tealdan hú hit was gelagod syððan Scs. Ags. tó þisan lande cóm, Chr. 995; P. 128, 26. II. of a regulation that affects a single person, to fix, appoint:--Se kyngc Wyllelm hine underféngc, and hé wæs þǽr on his híréde, and tóc swilce gerihta swá hé him gelagade, Chr. 1075; P. 210, 28. ge-lagian
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