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ge-þeaht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-þeaht, -þæht, e; f: es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §391; §563;
counsel, consultation, deliberation, advice, thought, a determination, resolution, device, plan, purpose; consĭlium, cōgĭtātio
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  • Geþeaht Drihtnes on écnysse wunaþ

    consĭlium Dŏmĭni in æternum mănet,

      Ps. Spl. 32, 11: Ps. Th. 88, 6.
  • Ðæt geþeaht

    the counsel,

      Ps. Th. 9, 6.
  • Hie ðære geþeahte wǽron

    they were of the resolution,

      Cd. 182; Th. 228, 21; Dan. 205.
  • Hí nyllaþ geþafan beón óðerra monna geþeahtes

    they will not be supporters of the plan of other men,

      Past. 42, 1; Swt. 305, 15; Hat. MS. 58 a, 2.
  • On ánre geþeahte [MS. geþeaht] eodan togædere

    consĭlium fēcērunt in ūnum,

      Ps. Th. 70, 9.
  • On geþeahte

    in consĭlio,

      Ps. Spl. 1, 1: Ps. Th. 105, 32.
  • Bútan geþeahte

    without advice;

    inconsulte,
      Bd. 3, 1; S. 523, 31.
  • Of hiera ágnum geþeahte

    from their own determination,

      Past. 42, 1; Swt. 305, 18; Hat. MS. 58 a, 4.
  • Ealle geþeaht ðín he getrymþ

    omne consĭlium tuum confirmet,

      Ps. Spl. 19, 4.
  • Þurh monnes geþeaht

    through man's device,

      Cd. 29; Th. 38, 12; Gen. 605: Elen. Kmbl. 2117; El. 1060.
  • Hí forhogodon ðæs Hǽlendes geþeaht

    consĭlium Dei sprēvērunt,

      Lk. Bos. 7, 30: Bd. 2, 13; S. 515, 32, 40.
  • Hí án geþeaht ealle ymbsǽtan

    cōgĭtāvērunt consensum in ūnum,

      Ps. Th. 82, 5.
  • Ðæt he him geþeaht sealde

    ut consĭlium sibi dăret,

      Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 38.
  • Ðú [God] eal gód [MS. good] ánes geþeahte ðínes geþohtest

    thou [God] didst conceive all good by the counsel of thyself alone,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 78; Met. 20, 39: Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20.
  • Mid geþeahte ðínum

    with thy counsel,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 173; Met. 20, 87.
  • Geþancu and geþeahtu

    thoughts and plans,

      Lchdm. iii. 214, 24.
  • He wiðcwyþ geþeaht ealdrum

    reprŏbat consĭlia princĭpum,

      Ps. Spl. 32, 10: Ps. Th. 55, 5.
a council, an assembly; concĭlium
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  • Geþeaht awyrgedra ofsǽton me

    concĭlium mălignantium obsēdit me,

      Ps. Spl. 21, 15.
  • Ic ne sæt mid geþeahte ýdelnyssa

    non sēdi cum concĭlio vānĭtātis,

      25, 4.
  • On ðam geþeahte

    in the council,

      Homl. Th. i. 46, 5.
Derived forms
DER. rǽd-geþeaht.
Linked entries
v.  þeaht ge-þæht.
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