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ge-laþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to call, summon.
construction uncertain
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  • Gelaðade

    adhibuit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 40.

  • Gelaðode,

      4, 49.
to summon a person,
call together people
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  • Gelaðige (

    convocet

    ) se abbod eal þæt gefére,
      R. Ben. 15, 5.

  • Gelaðian

    arcessire (pedissequas ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 9.

  • Geláþgan

    adsciscere (turmas ),

      94, 21.

  • Wǽre gelaþod

    adscisceretur, i. aduocaretur,

      An. Ox. 4088.
to summon to
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  • Tó gelaðian

    adsciscere,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 30.
to a person
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  • Gif hwá geuntrumod beó, þæt hé gelaþige him his sácerd tó

    si quis infirmatus sit, ut vocet ad se sacerdotem suum,

      Ll. Th. ii. 178, 24.
to a place
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  • Se Hǽlend hine on ðám dæge tó heofonum gelaðod hæfde,

      Hml. Th. i. 74, 23.
to a condition or action
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  • Þá gelaþode hé hié tó écean lífe,

      Bl. H. 103, 7.

  • Hé wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine,

      29, 20.
to summon for a purpose
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  • Hé hæfde þá þing gefyllede þe hé fore gelaðod wæs,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 37.
to call for the performance of, demand
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  • Sylflícre lu[fe and ná] gelaðedre

    ultroneo affectu [et non] acticio, i. inuito [famulamine ],

      An. Ox. 56, 111.
to take into one's house (?). Cf. (?)
Goth. ga-laþón to take in a stranger
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  • Ne mæg nán wíf hire bóndan forbeódan ꝥ hé ne móte intó his cotan gelógian (gelaðyan,

    v. l.

    ) ꝥ ꝥ hé wille,
      Ll. Th. i. 418, 24.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-laþón to call, invite, entertain: O. H. Ger. ge-ladón vocare, invitare.]
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v. un-gelaþod.
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v.  laþian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-laþian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48576.

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