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giddian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
giddian, gieddian, gyddian, giddigan; p. ode; pp. od
To sing, recite, speak
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  • Ongan he giddian

    he began to sing,

    • Bt. 31, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 24
      • .

  • Giddigan,

    • 16, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 56, 36
      • :
    • 21
      • ;
    • Fox 72, 27
      • .

  • Se hiora cyning ongan ðá singan and giddian

    Tyrtæi ducis composito carmine et pro concione recitato,

    • Ors. 1, 14
      • ;
    • Bos. 37, 29
      • .

  • Ongan ðá gyddigan þurh gylp micel

    began then to speak through great pride,

    • Cd. 205
      • ;
    • Th. 253, 21
      • ;
    • Dan. 599
      • .

  • Se wísdóm geoddode ðus

    wisdom recited this song,

    • Bt. 12
      • ;
    • Fox 36, 6
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 168
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 84
      • .

  • Wíga gyddode Beówulf maðelode

    the warrior spake, Beowulf said,

    • Beo. Th. 1264
      • :
    • B. 630
      • ;
    • Cd. 97
      • ;
    • Th. 127, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 2106
      • .

  • Waldere gyddode wordum,

    • Wald. 83
      • ;
    • Vald. 2, 13
      • .

  • Ðus fród guma in fyrndagum gieddade

    thus sang a wise man in days of old,

    • Exon. 64 a
      • ;
    • Th. 236, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 571
      • .

  • Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write

    heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write,

    • Cd. 210
      • ;
    • Th. 261, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 728
      • .
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v.  geddian ge-gyddian gyddian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “giddian.” 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/16987.

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