Ge-ǽrendian

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-érendian, -ǽrndian;

ge-ǽrendian
p. ode; pp. od [ǽrendian to go on an errand] To go on an errand, to ask, tell, intercede; mandātum deferre, nuntiāre, interpellāre :-- Se ðe him mǽge geǽrendian [ge-érendian MS. B : geǽrndian MS. H.] who can do his errands, L. In. 33; Th. i. 122, 13. Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that he might ask the mercy of Caius for them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 36. He geǽrendaþ [geǽrndaþ MSS. A. G.] to Gode sylfum ymbe ǽlce neóde ðe man beþearf he intercedes to God himself about every need a man may have, L. C. E. 22; Th. i. 372, 29. Him geǽrndode Blyþþryþ his cwén, ðæt he him wunonesse stówe sealde on sumum eálande bí Ríne qui, interpellante Blithrydæ conjuge sua, dĕdit ei lŏcum mansiōnis in insŭda quādam Rheni, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 13. [O. Sax. habda giárundid had performed his business.]

Related words: ǽrendian. ge-ærendian

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