Ge-þingan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-þingan

to determine. Add: [a strong pp. seems to occur in Gr. D. 206, 15.] I. to appoint to an office :-- Hraðe sóna wæs æfter mundgripe méce geþinged þæt hit sceáden mǽl scýran móste, cwealmbealu cýðan, B. 1938. II. to assign an office to a person :-- Seó heordelice gýming tó þám beran wæs geþungen (for a similar incorrect formation by analogy cf. (?) ge-þong = ge-þeáh. I. 4 a) injungebatur urso euro pastoralis, Gr. D. 206, 15. III. to fix a time :-- Se kalendus cymeð geþincged on þám ylcan dæge ús tó túne, Men. 7. Þæs ymbe þreó niht ... þætte hálig mónð hæleðum geþinged féreð tó folce, 164. v. un-geþinged. ge-þingan

Related words: ge-þéon;