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geond

  • preposition
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Grammar
geond, giond; prep. acc.
Wright's OE grammar
§268; §559;
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond; per, trans, inter, post, ultra; κατά
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  • He gǽð geond drige stówa

    ambulat per loca arida,

      Mt. Bos. 12, 43: 14, 35.

  • Ðá eóde geond Hiericho

    tum perambulabat Jericho,

      Lk. Bos. 19, 1.

  • Beóþ mycele eorþan styrunga geond stówa

    terræ motus magni erunt per loca,

      21, 11.

  • Geond eorþan

    throughout the earth,

      Beo.Th. 538; B. 266: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 10; Sat. 644.

  • Geond gehwilce weras

    viritim,

      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 5.

  • Hí ealle beweópon Aarones forðsíþ geond ðrítig daga

    they all mourned Aaron's death during thirty days,

      Num. 20, 29.

  • Ðé we þanciaþ geond ungeendode worulde

    we will thank thee to all eternity,

      Homl. Th. i. 76, 7.

  • Geond to dæg

    usque hodie,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 28.

  • Ðǽr se hálga stenc wunaþ geond wynlond

    there a holy fragrance rests over the pleasant land,

      Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 10; Ph. 82.

  • Geond sídne grund

    over the wide abyss,

      Cd. 6; Th. 8, 35; Gen. 134.

  • Ðú geond holt wunast

    thou shalt dwell among the groves,

      Cd. 203; Th. 252, 6; Dan. 574.

  • Geond ða þeóda

    among the people,

      Andr. Kmbl. 49; An. 25.

  • Módes snyttru seów and sette geond sefan manna

    he sowed and set the wisdom of mind in the minds of men,

      Exon. 17 b; Th. 41, 30; Cri. 663.

  • Mán wridode geond beorna breóst wickedness blossomed in the breast of men, Andr. Kmbl. 1535; An. 769, Geond feówertig daga

    post quadraginta dies,

      Num. 13, 22.

  • Fæder folca gehwæs us féran hét geond ginne grund

    the father of every nation bids us depart beyond the abysmal deep,

      Andr. Kmbl. 661; An. 331.

  • Sittaþ yfele men giond eorþrícu

    wicked men sit in earthly kingdoms,

      Bt. Met. Fox 4, 74; Met. 4, 37.

  • Giond ðas wídan worulde

    through this wide world,

      11, 89; Met. 11, 45.
Etymology
[Laym. ȝond per.]
Similar entries
v. geondan, be-geondan.
Linked entries
v.  geondan gind giond gond eond gynd giend geond-innan be-geondan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geond.” 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/15510.

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