Ge-lǽstan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-lǽstan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-lǽstan
- Add: I. to do, perform. (1) the object denoting action:--Ic wolde ymbe þone lǽcedóm þára þínra lára hwéne máre gehýran . . . and ðé swíþe georne bidde ꝥ þú hí mé gelǽste, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 21. Tó gesetton dæge gelǽste hé ꝥ hé ǽr sceolde, Ll. Th. i. 260, 15. Hí nellað þone sang gelǽstan, Hml. S. 21, 244. Gif hwá geniéd sié tó hláfordsearwe, ꝥ is þonne ryhtre tó áleóganne þonne tó gelǽstanne, Ll. Th. i. 60, 6. Ꝥ gehwilc sprǽc hæbbe ándagan hwænne heó gelǽst sý, 158, 8. (2) to do habitually, practise:--Se mon þe þá sóþfæstnesse mid his múþe sprecþ, and hié on his heortan geþencþ, and hé hí fullíce gelǽsteþ, Bl. H. 55, 16. Se geleáfa þe ǽghwylcum men gebyreð ꝥ hé gelǽste, 111, 13. Þæt hié lufan Dryhtnes, and sybbe sylfra betweónum, freóndrǽdenne gelǽston, El. 1208. (3) to do something to a person, bring some affecting condition upon:--Ic þé sceal míne gelǽstan freóde, B. 1706: Hy. 10, 40. II. to carry out what has been previously declared or arranged, to execute (1) an intention, a plan, &c.:--Heó þencende wæs hú heó hit gewrecan mehte; and ꝥ eác mid dǽdum gelǽste, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 25. Héton him secgan, ꝥ him leófre wǽre tó feohtanne þonne gafol tó gieldanne. Hié þæt gelǽstan swá, 1, 10; S. 44, 14. Sceótend þóhton Italia ealle gegongan; hí gelǽstan swá, Met. 1, 13. Eall þæt wæs gelǽsted, Bl. H. 105, 13. (2) a promise, pledge, vow, &c.:--Hé gehét and gelǽste swá, B. 2990. Þonne þú behát behǽtst, ne wanda þú þæt þú hit ne gelǽste, Deut. 23, 21. Ꝥ hé gelǽste eów þæt hé mid áðe swór, 29, 12: Ll. Th. i. 82, 6. Þás andweardan gód ne magon gelǽstan heora lufiendum ꝥ hí him gehátaþ, Bt. 32, 2; F. 116, 34: 40, 5; F. 240, 16: Exod. 557. Gé murciað nú for þǽm þe monega folc . . . noldon eów gelǽstan þæt hié eów behéton; and nellað geþencan hú láð eów selfum wæs tó gelǽstanne eówre áþas þǽm þe ofer eów anwald hæfdon, Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 14-7. (3) an agreement, a compact, &c.:--Þá gewearð hí him betweónum ꝥ . . . Hí ꝥ swá gelǽston, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 22. Þæt ic monnum þás wǽre gelǽste, Gen. 1542. Ðás gewrioto and ðás word haldan and geléstan, C. D. ii. 121, 31. Witan hwæt úre gecwydrǽddene gelǽst sý, Ll. Th. i. 236, 5. (4) a threat, boast, &c.:--Ðá gebeótode Cirus ðæt . . . Hé ꝥ mid dǽdum gelǽste, Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 1. Hæfde Eást-Denum leód gilp gelǽsted, B. 829. III. to carry out an order, wish, &c.:--'Þú þæs cyninges bebod begange' . . . Þæt eall gelǽste Elene, El. 1197. Mid eallum þám þe Drihtnes bebodu willaþ gelǽstan, Bl. H. 53, 32. Hæbbe ic þínne willan gelǽst, Gen. 727: Hy. 6, 10. III a. to perform what is enjoined by law. (1) secular:--Him (Edward) þúhte ꝥ hit mæctor gelǽst wǽre þonne hit scolde, ꝥ hé ǽr beboden hæfde, Ll. Th. i. 162, 3. Wé beódad . . . Gif wé hit eall þus gelǽstan willað, 238, 19. (2) religious or ecclesiastical:--Gif munuc ꝥ gelǽste, Ll. Th. i. 306, 10. Hí hogedon georne þæt ǽ Godes ealle gelǽste, Dan. 219. IV. to discharge an obligation, pay a due, debt, tax, penalty, &c.:--Gif geneátmanna hwilc his hláfordes gafol him tó þǽm rihtándagan ne gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 270, 17. Ne þearf ic N. sceatt ne scilling . . . ac eal ic him gelǽste ꝥ ꝥ ic him scolde, 182, 10. Neádwísnesse gelǽste debitum soluit, An. Ox. 2397. Gelǽste exsoluit (mortis uindictam), 4327: 3818. Þæt hé Godes gerihta gelǽste, Wlfst. 157, 12. Gelǽste hé Gode his teóðunga, Ll. Th. i. 272, 1. Gelǽste man sulhælmessan þonne .xpersolueret, An. Ox. 1991. Ðet hié ðiss gel&e-acute-hook;sten ðe on ðissem gewrite binemned is ðém hígum . . . and hió forgifeð fífténe pund for ðý ðe mon ðás feorme ðý soel gelǽste, C. D. i. 312, 13-18. Hé ne mihte ꝥ gafol álecgan þe heó gelǽstan sceolde, Hml. S. 3, 181. Sceóte ǽlc gegylda ǽnne gyldsester . . . and ꝥ beó gelǽst binnan twám dagum . . . and se wudu beó gelǽst binnan ðrým dagum, Cht. Th. 606, 6-13: Ll. Th. i. 232, 7: 262, 20. IV a. to give what has been promised:--Þæt úre ríce beó ús gelǽst, swá swá Críst ús behét þæt hé wolde ús éce ríce forgyfan, Hml. Th. i. 264, 2. V. to accompany:--Tó geléstunne comitauere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 19. Tó gelǽstanne, 15, 24. (1) the subject a person, to follow, stick by a person. (a) with dat.:--Tó ðǽre heofenlican Hierusalem ús gebrincð se Hǽlend, gif wé him gelǽstað, Hml. Th. i. 210, 25. Hwylc hira sélost gelǽste hláforde æt hilde, An. 411. Mid him sylfum and mid eallum þám þe him gelǽstan wolden, Chr. 874; P. 73, 28: 920; P. 100, 19. (b) with acc. (cf. 2 b):--Þæt hine on ylde gewunigen wilgesíðas, leóde gelǽsten, B. 24. (2) the subject a thing. (a) in a local sense, to be present with, not to leave:--Symle him gelǽste þæt swearte tácn on dæg and þæt fýrene on niht numquam defuit columns nubis per diem nec columna ignis per noctem, Ex. 13, 22. (b) of that which is carried by a person:--Þis sweord mec oft gelǽste, B. 2500. VI. not to fail, to last:--Ic lecge þá grundweallas þe gelǽstað ǽfre, Hml. S. 36, 67. Gelǽstendum lífe comite vita, sospite vita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 20. VI a. not to fail a person (dat.):--Him micele ágenre is ꝥ him ǽfre on écnesse gelǽst, Ll. Th. i. 272, 12. VI b. with idea of sufficiency:--Daga gehwylce hí heom ꝥ wín tó bryce hæfdon, and hit heom gelǽste they used the wine every day, and it lasted them (to the end of the journey), Gr. D. 66, 20. Fæste hé .II. dagas tógædere, gif him mægen gelǽste, Lch. ii. 218, 2. Þeós andwearde tíd þyses dæges ne mæg ús genihtsumian ne gelǽstan tó þysum bysenum the lime would not last us out for these examples, Gr. D. 91, 25. Þes pallium þe ic werige wyle mé gelǽstan, Hml. S. 36, 160. [Goth. ga-laistjan to follow: O. Sax. gi-léstian to perform: O. H. Ger. ge-lésten efficere; reddere (votum).] ge-læstan