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ge-ágnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-ágnian, -áhnian; to -ágnianne, -áhnianne; p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To own, possess, inherit, appropriate to one's self, claim as one's own; possĭdēre, herēdĭtāre, vindĭcāre sibi
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  • Hwí sceal he him ánum geágnian ðæt him bám is forgifen

    why should he appropriate to himself only that which is given to both?

    • Homl. Th. ii. 102, 29 : Ors. 5, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 104, 17 : Cd. 86
      • ;
    • Th. 109, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 1829.

  • Nán man hit náh to geáhnianne [geágnianne MS. A.]

    no man ought to claim possession of it,

    • L. C. S. 24
      • ;
    • Th. i. 390, 13.

  • Ic geáhnige

    possĭdeo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5
      • ;
    • Som. 29, 5.

  • He his gecorenan on ðisum middanearde géágnaþ

    he owns his chosen in this world,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 72, 28.

  • Ða geyrfweardiaþ oððe geáhniaþ land

    ipsi herēdĭtābunt terram,

    • Ps. Lamb. 36, 9
      • .

  • Ðú geágnadest,

    • Ps. Th. 79, 16.

  • Parthe him ðæt ríce geáhnedon

    the Parthians took the kingdom to themselves,

    • Ors. 5, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 104, 35.

  • Óþ-ðæt se ágenfrigea him ðæt orf geáhnige

    till the proprietor claims the cattle for his own,

    • L. Edg. S. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 276, 16.

  • Sceal monna gehwilc wesan geágnod me

    every man shall be appropriated to me,

    • Cd. 106
      • ;
    • Th. 140, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 2321.
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-áiginón
:
Laym. iahnien.
]
Linked entries
v.  ágnian ge-ágennud ge-áhnian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-ágnian.” 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/13403.

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