Ge-ǣrendian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-ǣrendian

Add: I. to do an errand or a business :-- Se man þe bringd mēdsceat þām gerēfan, sē geǣrendad bet (does his business better) þonne sē de nǣnne ne bringd, Wlfst. 238, 9. Se cing Gode þancode ꝥ hē swā geǣrndod swā dan ealra leómste wes, Chr. 995 ; P. 131, 24. II. to obtain by negotiation or intercession. (1) for a person (dat.) :-- Geǣrendodon mē dā hīwan det þā men mōstan on þan londe wunien, Cht. Th. 152, 13. Þā sendon hió Filōnem tō þon ꝥ hē him sceolde Gaiuses mildse geǣrendian Philonem legatum ad Caesarem miserunt, Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 5. (2) from (æt) a person :-- Ic geǣrndede æt Cnute þæt land, Cht. Th. 368, 9. II a. to go to (tó) a person and obtain for another (dat.), apply to a person and obtain :-- Englas mē geǣrndo-don tō þām Hǣlende, ꝥ ic hī gebicgan mōste, Hml. S. 36, 176. Nān man ne mæg him sylfum rihtlīce tō his Drihtne his þearfe geǣrndian, būtan . . . , Wlfst. 136, 15. ge-ærendian