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ge-endian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-endian, -endigan, to -endianne; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad.
v. trans.
To end, finish, complete, accomplish; fīnīre, consummāre, perfĭcĕre
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  • Ðes man agan timbrian, and ne mihte hit geendian

    hic hŏmo cæpit ædĭfĭcāre, et non pŏtuit consummāre,

    • Lk. Bos. 14, 30
      • .

  • Ǽr heó hit geendigan móste

    ere she might end it,

    • Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 28
      • .

  • Se cyning mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs, and ðæt ylce geweorc his æfter-fyligende Oswalde forlét to geendianne

    rex ipse impio nece occīsus, ŏpus ĭdem suceessōri suo Osualdo perfĭciendum relīquit,

    • 2, 14; S. 517, 33
      • .

  • Ic geendige

    fīnio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 57
      • .

  • Man ðæt geendaþ on ǽfynne

    man ends it in the evening,

    • Ps. Th. 103, 22
      • .

  • Oþoniél geendode his dagas

    mortuus est Othoniel,

    • Jud. 3, 11
      • :
    • Chr. 189; Erl. 9, 27
      • .

  • Hyt ys geendod

    consummātum est,

    • Jn. Bos. 19, 30
      • :
    • Mk. Bos. 13. 4
      • .

  • Ðe nó geendad weorþeþ

    which shall not be ended,

    • Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 1640 : 63 a; Th. 232, 1
      • ;
    • Ph. 500
      • .
to come to an end
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  • Ðá geendode se gebeorscipe

    then the feast came to an end,

    • Th. Apol. 18, 8
      • .

  • Siððan Eádgár geendode

    since Edgar died,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 44 : 68, 365
      • .

  • Geendiaþ ealle on ans

    they all end in -ans,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Som. 43, 46
      • .
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v.  endian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-endian.” 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/14228.

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