Ge-líðan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-líðan
p. -láþ, pl. -lidon; pp. -liðen, -liden To go, move, sail, advance, proceed, come; īre, meāre, advĕhi, profĭcisci, vĕnīre :-- Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, sume hwíle eft læsse gelíðaþ, ða ðe lácaþ ymb eaxe ende many a star has a greater circuit in the heavens; sometimes again, they move in a less, that sport about the end of the axis, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 43; Met. 28, 22. Ǽr ðon we to lande geliden hæfdon ere that we had sailed to land, Exon. 20 b; Th. 53, 30; Cri. 858 : Elen. Kmbl. 498; El. 249. Ðæs ðe lencten geliden hæfde werum after spring had come to men, Menol. Fox 57; Men. 28. ge-liðan,ge-liþan
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