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ge-langian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-langian, -langigan; p. ode; pp. od; v. trans. [ge, langian to long for]
To call for, send for, deliver, liberate; convocare, arcessere, accersire, liberare
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  • Ðú gelangast to ðé ðíne leófostan frýnd

    thou shalt call to thee thy most beloved friends,

    • Jos. 2, 18
      • .

  • Gelangode to him ða bróðru

    convocavit ad se fratres,

    • Greg. Dial. 2, 3
      • .

  • He hét gelangian ðone hálgan láreów

    he ordered the holy teacher to be sent for,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 308, 5
      • .

  • He gelangode him to his swustur

    he sent for his sister,

    • i. 86, 30
      • .

  • He bæd ðæt him man sumne mæsse-preóst gelangode

    he asked them to send for a priest,

    • ii. 26, 9
      • .

  • Ic gelangige

    arcesso [MS. accerso ],

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 35
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  • Wearþ ðá eft gelangod se geleáffulla apostol of ðam íglande

    so was the faithful apostle liberated from that island,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 28
      • .
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v.  ge-lengan langian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-langian.” 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/14914.

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