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ge-teón

  • verb [ contracted ]
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ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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to do, effect, cause
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  • Heora feorh generede Metodes weard . . . , hálige him þǽr help geteóde,

      Dan. 236.
  • Hé wolde guman findan þone þe him on sweofote sáre geteóde,

      B. 2295.
to determine a course of action
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  • Hé ꝥ on his móde gehogod and geteód hæfde, ꝥ hé wolde ealle his þeóde fordón

    totam eius gentem delere decreuerat,

      Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 307, 7.
of the decrees of Providence.
to determine to do
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  • Drihten geteód hæfde ꝥ hé þon biddendan éce líf forgeáfe,

      Bl. H. 19, 35.
to appoint a course of action, lot, condition to a person,
determine an event
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  • Unc sceal weorðan swá unc wyrd geteóð Metod manna gehwæs,

      B. 2526.
  • Þám (

    St. Matthew)

    God hlýt geteóde út on þæt ígland,
      An. 14.
  • Gif ðæt God geteód habbe, ond me þæt on lǽne gelíð, þet gesibbra ærfeweard forþcymeð wépnedhádes,

      Cht. Th. 483, 15.
  • Earm bið sé þe sceal ána lifgan, wineleás wunian, hafað him wyrd geteód,

      Gn. Ex. 174.
to appoint a person or thing to a course, &c. ,
destine
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  • Wið

    þæs gecyndes þe hí Fæder æt frymðe fæste getióde (cf. þǽre gecynde ðe ǽlc gesceaft tó gesceapen wæs,
      Bt. 25; F. 88, 7), Met. 13, 13.
  • Gif óþer nýten wǽre geteód tó þon écan lífe,

      Bl. H. 29, 5.
  • Þá áne men habbaþ Críst on heora heortan þe geteóde beóþ tó þon écean lífe, 75, 35. þæt wé ne weorðan geteódde (-teohhode,

    v. l.

    ) on þá hellewítu,
      Verc. Först. 116, 10. (3 a) where the course, &c. , is not given :-- Sé þe
    wæs ǽr eallum worldum geteód and geendebyrd, Bl. H. 31, 22.
  • Cf. ge-tíung.
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