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ge-ǽrendian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to do an errand or
a business
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  • Se man þe bringð médsceat þám geréfan, sé geǽrendað bet (

    does his business better

    ) þonne sé ðe nǽnne ne bringð,
      Wlfst. 238, 9.
  • Se cing Gode þancode ꝥ hé swá geǽrndod swá ðan ealra leómste wes,

      Chr. 995 ; P. 131, 24.
to obtain by negotiation or
intercession.
for a person (dat. )
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  • Geǽrendodon mé ðá híwan ðet þá men móstan on þan londe wunien,

      Cht. Th. 152, 13.
  • Þá sendon hió Filónem tó þon ꝥ hé him sceolde Gaiuses mildse geǽrendian

    Philonem legatum ad Caesarem miserunt

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      Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 5.
from (
æt) a person
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  • Ic geǽrndede 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 mé geǽrndo-don tó þám
  • Nán man ne mæg him sylfum rihtlíce tó his Drihtne his þearfe geǽrndian, bútan . . . ,

      Wlfst. 136, 15.
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