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ge-bannan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ge-bannan, -bonnan; p. -beónn, pl. -beónnon; pp. -bannen [ge, and bannan to summon] .
to command, order, proclaim; jŭbēre, mandāre, edīcĕre
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  • Ðá ic gefrægn weorc gebannan manigre mǽgþe

    then I heard [him] command the work to many a tribe,

    • Beo. Th. 149
    • ;
    • B. 74.
to summon, call together; cĭtare, convŏcāre
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  • Folc biþ gebonnen ealle to spræce

    all people shall be summoned to judgment,

    • Exon. 117 b
    • ;
    • Th. 451, 8
    • ;
    • Dóm. 100.
  • Ðá gebeón Æðelréd ealderman alle Mercna weotan tosomne

    then alderman Æthelred summoned all the 'witan' of the Mercians together,

    • Th. Diplm. 139, 1l.
Etymology
[
Laym. i-bannen to summon.
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-beón ge-bonnan.
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