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ge-rǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht
Wright's OE grammar
§651;
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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  • Sió fird hie gerǽcan ne mehte

    the [English] force could not reach them,

      Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 22: 894; Erl. 90, 11: Cd. 216; Th. 275, 10; Sat. 169.

  • Gerǽcean,

      Blickl. Homl. 207, 22.

  • Ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gerǽcan

    never do thou let pride lay hold on thee,

      Bt. Met. Fox 5, 61; Met. 5, 31.

  • Ðæs landes mǽre gerǽcan

    to obtain more of the land,

      Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 21.

  • Sige gerǽcan

    to get the victory,

      Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 30: 9; 68, 11, 12.

  • Andlifne gerǽcan

    to get [one's] living,

      Cd. 43; Th. 57, 26; Gen. 934.

  • Of eágum teáras gerǽcan

    to draw tears from the eyes,

      L. Edg. C. iv; Th. ii. 288, 5.

  • Ðæt he þence ðone sélestan hwet-stán on to gerǽcanne

    that he think of applying the best whetstone,

      Ors. 4, 13; Bos. 100, 30.

  • To freán hond gerǽcan

    to present to the lord's hand,

      Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 10; Gn. Ex. 92.

  • Siððan ic ðurh hylles hróf gerǽce

    when I reach through the hill's summit,

    104 b;
      Th. 397, 30; Rä. 16, 27.

  • Ðe gerǽcaþ wǽpen

    whom weapons reach,

    102 a;
      Th. 386, 7; Rä. 4, 58.

  • Ðú me gerǽhtest mid handa

    extendisti manum tuam,

      Ps. Th. 137, 7.

  • Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte

    Wolf reached him with his weapon,

      Beo. Th. 5923; B. 2965: 1117; B. 556: Byrht. Th. 135, 63; By. 142: 136, 29; By. 158.

  • He ða burh gerǽhte

    he took the town,

      Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 14.

  • He hǽlu gerǽhte écan lífes

    he obtained the salvation of eternal life,

      Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 12; Gú. 142.

  • Ða scipo alle gerǽhton

    seized all the ships,

      Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 29: Cd. 119; Th. 154, 13; Gen. 2555.

  • Hí ðæt ríce gerǽht hæfdon

    they had got that kingdom,

      Bt. Met. Fox 26, 36; Met. 26, 18.

  • Æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hí swá scandlíce gerǽht hæfdon

    after the women had so reproachfully addressed them,

      Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 12.
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v.  mis-rǽcan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rǽcan.” 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/15627.

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