Geond

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geond

Add: gend (gind, giend, gynd. A. with acc. I. where position is marked. (1) distribution of objects (a) over a surface:--Ealle hí lágon slǽpende geond þá eordan they all lay about on the ground sleeping, Hml. S. 23, 260. Mid gymstánum gefrætewod geond eall adorned all over with jewels, 36, 140. (b) within an area:--Þǽr sint swíðe micle meras geond þá móras there are very large lakes among the moors, Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 5. Gind þæt lond tó-brǽd, 4, 8; S. 188, 12. Weras geond þá wínburg, An. 1639. Úre bisceopas geond eal Romána ríce our bishops throughout the Roman empire, Bl. H. 187, 3. Secgað ðǽm welegum gind ðisne middangeard, Past. 181, 14. Geond ealne middaneard, Hy. 3, 12. Monge sindon geond middangeard hádas under heofonum, Gú. 1. Heá beorgas geond sídne grund the high hills throughout the wide world, Gen. 1388. Ealle ðá reliquias ðe gind ealne middangeard sindon, Rtl. 114, 18. Æfter burgum geond Bryten innan, Gú. 855. (bb) among a people:--Þám snoterestum geond Iudéas, El. 278. (c) within a space:--Þá cynn þe flód wecceð geond hronráde, Gen. 205. (cc) a room, hall, &c.:--Ealle geond windsele, Sat. 386. Geond þæt síde sel throughout the spacious hall, An. 763. Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon they slept all about the hall, B. 1280. Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeð no hawk has its perch in the hall, 2264. (2) diffusion of an object throughout a space:--Eówerne naman tóbrǽdan geond eallne eorþan, Bt. 18, 2; F. 64, 5: Víd. 99. Þǽr wæs cirm micel geond Mermedonia, An. 42. Wynn geond wuldres þrym, Cri. 71. Cóm micel hǽte giend Rómáne, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 15. (3) distribution to or diffusion through many places:--Hé þæt wín tódǽlde geond ealle þá kyfa and geond ealle þá fatu, Gr. D. 58, 22-24. Drihten eów tódrífð geond ealle þá þeóda (in omnes gentes), Deut. 4, 27. Wæs geond werþeóde Waldendes wracu wíde gefrǽge, Edg. 53. Wæs úre líf geond londa fela fracuð, Az. 23. Seó treów geond bilwitra breóst áríseð, Gn. Ex. 161. (3 a) where a like circumstance occurs at different places:--Beóð eorþan styrunga geond stówa (per loca), Lk. 21, 11. (4) distribution among other objects, between:--Geseah ic wíngeard, and þá twigo his hongodon geond þá columnan vineam inter columnas pendentem miratus sum, Nar. 4, 29. II. where there is movement. (1) of a body (a) on a surface, across, over, about:--Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond (geon, v. l.) eorþan quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris, Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 24. Fleógan crupon geond eall þá limu, Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 3. Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas, B. 840. Swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne aǽ sundhengestum flódwudu fergen, Cri. 853: Gen. 1331. (b) within an area, through, about a country (or people):--Hí ealle heora lífláde geond missenlice þeóda (per diversas prouincias) farað, R. Ben. 9, 21: Sat. 270. Hé sum his folc sende gind þæt lond tó herigenne, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 10. Ꝥ hrýþer geond ꝥ wésten férde, Bl. H. 199, 10: 12. Þá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas . . . flugon hrócas and hremmas geond þá portweallas and tósliton ðá hálgan Godes dýrlingas, Hml. S. 23, 79. (c) within a space, through, about, in:--Heó hwearf geond þæt reced, B. 1981. Hé hwearf geond þone wudu, Bl. H. 199, 13: Ll. Th. i. 114, 15. Hié hine tugon geond þǽre ceastre lanan, Bl. H. 241, 25. (cc) within a medium (earth, water, air):--Hornfisc glád geond gársecg, An. 371. Git geseóþ hine geond heofenas féran, Bl. H. 187, 34. Heofonfuglas lácende geond lyft farað, Az. 144: El. 734. (2) where there is motion of a fluid, growth of a plant (lit. or fig.). (a) through an area:--Lǽd ðíne willas gind ðín lond, Past. 373, 5. Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan, Gen. 991. (b) through a medium:--Se ǽwelm biþ smúgende geond þá eorðan, Bt. 24, 1; F. 80, 26. (3) where there is movement to every part of an object, throughout. (a) the subject material:--Hé ús féran hét geond ginne grund: 'Farað geond ealle eorðan sceátas, bodiað geleáfan ofer foldan fæðm' (euntes in mundum uniuersum praedicate euangelium, Mk. 16, 15), An. 329-336: Cri. 481. His apostolas tóférdon geond þisne middaneard, Hml. S. 36, 15. Hundes fleógan cómon geond eall þæt mancyn, Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 2. Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone port-weall, Hml. S. 23, 267: 355. (b) the subject non-material:--Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég in omnem terram exiuit sonus eorum, Bl. H. 133, 34. Wordhleóðor ástág geond heáhræced, An. 709. Wæs geond þá werþeóde lǽded morgenspel, El. 969. (4) where there is movement to many places:--Gá geond þás wegas and hegas exi in uias et sepes, Lk. 14, 23. Heó wǽðeð geond weallas, Rä. 35, 5. III. marking the locality to which sight is directed, (to look) through, over:--Sioh geond þás sídan gesceaft, Cri. 59. Hé lócade geond þæt láðe scræf mid égum, Sat. 727. IV. marking the locality of action or condition. (1) in or on a place, throughout:--Wé weorðiað wíde geond eorðan heáhengles tíd, Men. 176. Geond woruld innan, Cri. 469. Bodad geond ealne middangeard praedicatum in toto mundo (Mt. 26, 13), Bl. H. 69, 19: 121, 3. Geond þá burh bodad beorne manegum, An. 1122. Cúð is wíde geond middangeard ꝥ . . ., Gú. 508. Ꝥ wé úre gesibsumnesse healdon gynd ealne mínne anweald, Ll. Th. i. 246, 23: 270, 10. (2) among people:--Ic geond þeóde (inter gentes) sealmas singe, Ps. Th. 56, 11: Men. 127. Geond ealle þeóda, Hy. 9, 2. Geond hæleða bearn, Men. 121. Sécan geond Israéla earme láfe, Dan. 80. V. of time, during, through, for:--Geond fíf mónþas, Hml. S. 21, 145. Geond nigon geúra fec, 157: 3, 469. Géond ealra worulda woruld, Sat. 224. Gynd ǽnlípie dagas per singulos dies, Ps. L. Lnd. p. 248, 15. Þurh dæg l iand dæg per diem, Ps. L. 12, 2:21, 3. B. with dat. I. local, about in. (1) of rest:--Hí geond missenlicra monna húsum wuniað they live about in different people's houses; per diversorum cellas hospitantur, R. Ben. 9, 23. (2) of motion:--Hí férdon wórigende geond eallum Rómániscum ymbhwyrfte, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 28. II. of time, through:--Geond þá ( = þám; or? þane) ylcan tíman per idem tempus, An. Ox. 397. geond,geond-

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