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ge-ceósan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-ceósan, to geceósanne, geceósenne; ic -ceóse, ðú -ceósest, -cýst, -císt, he -ceóseþ, -cýsþ, -cýst, pl. -ceósaþ; p. -ceás, pl. -curon; pp. -coren
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To elect, choose, decide, prove, approve; eligere, præeligere, seligere, asciscere, petere, nancisci
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  • Nú monna gehwylc geceósan mót swá helle hiénþu swá heofones mǽrþu

    now every man may choose either hell's humiliations or heaven's glories,

    • Exon. 16 b; Th. 37, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 590
      • .

  • He wolde geceósan

    he would choose,

    • Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 9
      • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 780
      • ;
    • Sal. 389
      • .

  • Swá ðé leófre biþ to geceósanne

    ut tibi placeat eligere,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1210
      • ;
    • El. 607
      • .

  • To geceósenne

    to choose,

    • Beo. Th. 3706
      • ;
    • B. 1851
      • .

  • Gif ðú ða swíðran healfe gecíst

    si to dextĕram elēgĕris,

    • Gen. 13, 9
      • .

  • Eall ðæt folc heom ðæt gecuron

    all the people approved for themselves of that plan,

    • St. And. 36, 14
      • .

  • He hyht geceóseþ

    he chooseth hope,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 77
      • ;
    • Leas. 40
      • :
    • Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 21
      • ;
    • Crä. 88
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 64, 4
      • :
    • Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 1
      • ;
    • Ph. 382
      • .

  • Ðonne hine man to gewitnysse gecýsþ

    when he is chosen as witness,

    • L. Edg. S. 6; Th. i. 274, 15
      • .

  • Hy wíc geceósaþ

    they choose a habitation,

    • Exon. 97 a; Th, 362, 16
      • ;
    • Wal. 37 : 95 a; Th. 354, 36
      • ;
    • Reim. 56
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 136, 7
      • .

  • Se geceás Maximianum to fultume his ríces

    he chose Maximianus to the help of his kingdom,

    • Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 17
      • :
    • Ex. 18, 25
      • .

  • Cain geceás wíc

    Cain chose a dwelling,

    • Cd. 50; Th. 64, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 1051 : 91; Th. 115, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1927 : 129; Th. 164, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2709
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 2407
      • ;
    • B. 1201 : 4930
      • ;
    • B. 2469 : 5270
      • ;
    • B. 2638
      • :
    • Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 852 : 46 b; Th. 158, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 907
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2076
      • ;
    • El. 1039 : 2330
      • ;
    • El. 1166
      • ;
    • Apstls. Kmbl. 38
      • ;
    • Ap. 19
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 77, 67 : 131, 14
      • :
    • Byrht. Th. 135, 5
      • ;
    • By. 113
      • .

  • Gecuron híg ða gódan on hyra fatu

    elegerunt bonos in vasa,

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 48
      • :
    • Gen. 6, 2
      • :
    • Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 26
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 105, 27
      • .

  • Ðé wíc geceós on ðissum lande

    choose thee a habitation in this land,

    • Cd. 130; Th. 164, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 2722
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 3523
      • ;
    • B. 1759
      • :
    • Exon. 80 b; Th. 303, 3
      • ;
    • Fá. 47
      • .

  • Ðeáh hí gecure bútan cræftum cyninga dysegast

    though the most foolish of kings chose them without skill,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 15, 21
      • ;
    • Met. 15, 11
      • .

  • Se foresprecena wer for hine in bisceop-háde wæs gecoren

    the aforesaid man was chosen into bishophood for him,

    • Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 29 : 4. 1
      • ;
    • S. 564,12
      • .

  • Ðætte eallra heora dóme gecoren wǽre

    ut universorum judicio probaretur,

    • Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 31
      • .

  • Ðá Abraham gewát Drihtne gecoren

    then Abraham, the chosen of the Lord, departed,

    • Cd. 86; Th. 109, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 1818 : 179; Th. 225, 7
      • ;
    • Dan. 150 : 212 ; Th. 261, 35
      • ;
    • Dan. 736
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 647
      • ;
    • An. 324
      • :
    • Exon. 108 a; Th. 413. 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 32, 10
      • .

  • He wiste ðone láreów gecorenne

    he knew the teacher chosen,

    • Exon. 47 b; Th. 162, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 977
      • .

  • Witodlíce manega synt gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene

    multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi,

    • Mt. Bos. 22, 14
      • :
    • Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 64
      • .

  • Torhte twelfe wǽron, Dryhtne gecorene

    bright were the twelve, chosen unto the Lord,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 10
      • ;
    • Ap. 5
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2115
      • ;
    • El. 1059
      • :
    • Cd. 83; Th. 104, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 1734 : 176; Th. 221, 23
      • ;
    • Dan. 92
      • :
    • Hy. 7, 53
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 53
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 131, 5
      • :
    • Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 19
      • ;
    • Cri. 1224 : 15 a; Th. 31, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 497 : 12 b; Th. 21, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 331 : 64 b; Th. 237, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 593 : 63 b; Th. 234, 16
      • ;
    • Ph. 541 : 74 b; Th. 279, 13
      • ;
    • Jul. 613 : 66 a; Th. 243, 26
      • ;
    • Jul. 16 : 74 b; Th. 278, 29
      • ;
    • Jul. 605 : 33 a; Th. 105, 29
      • ;
    • Gú. 30 : 44 a; Th. 149, 29
      • ;
    • Gú. 769
      • .

  • He hæfde cempan gecorone

    he had chosen champions,

    • Beo. Th. 417
      • ;
    • B. 206
      • .

  • Simon sacan ongon wið ða gecorenan Cristes þegnas

    Simon began to strive against the chosen ministers of Christ,

    • Exon. 70 a; Th. 260, 18
      • ;
    • Jul. 299 : 31 b; Th. 100, 1
      • ;
    • Cri. 1635
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 104, 38 : 107, 5
      • :
    • Hy. 9, 42
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 42
      • .

  • Ic mínum gecorenum cúðe gesette

    deposui testamentum electis meis,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 3 : 105, 5 : 131, 18
      • :
    • Exon. 61 b; Th, 225, 12
      • ;
    • Ph. 388
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ga-kiusan to test, approve
:
O. H. Ger. gi-chiosan discernere, probare, approbare, eligere
.]
Similar entries
v. ceósan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-ceás ge-císt ge-coren gecure.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-ceósan.” 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/13890.

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