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ge-fetian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-fetian, -fetigan, -fetigean; p. -fetode, -fetede, -fette; pp. -fetod
To fetch, bring; addūcĕre, accīre, afferre
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  • Elene héht gefetian on fultum forþsnoterne hæleða gerǽdum

    Elene bade [them] fetch to her aid the very wise in the councils of men,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2103
      • ;
    • El. 1053
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4387
      • ;
    • B. 2190
      • .

  • Gefetigan,

    • Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 11
      • ;
    • Jul. 60
      • .

  • Hét heó sóna hire þínenne gán and ða cyste hire to gefetigean

    stătim jussit ire ministram et capsellam addūcĕre,

    • Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 27
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2319
      • ;
    • El. 1161
      • .

  • Swá strang ðæt ǽs him gefetede

    so strong that it got prey for itself,

    • Chr. 975; Erl. 125, 29
      • .

  • He of helle húþe gefette sáwla manega

    he from hell fetched spoils, many souls,

    • Hy. 10, 30
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 30
      • :
    • Gen. 24, 11
      • .

  • Ða men of Lundenbyrig gefetodon ða scipu

    the men of London brought away the ships,

    • Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 17
      • .

  • Hý gefetton Escoláfius ðone scínlácan

    they fetched Æsculapius the magician,

    • Ors. 3, 10; Bos. 70, 30
      • .

  • Hwænne me Dryhtnes ród gefetige

    when the Lord's cross shall fetch me,

    • Rood. Kmbl. 274
      • ;
    • Kr. 138
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  • Gefetod

    accītus,

    • Cot. 7
      • .

  • Gefotad

    accersitus,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 44
      • .
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v.  ge-fætian ge-fettan ge-fette -fotad ge-feccan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-fetian.” 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/14346.

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