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ge-rǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-rǽdan, p. de; pp. ed, -rǽdd, -rǽd.
Wright's OE grammar
§610;
to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for; decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere
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  • Gerece and gerǽd ða rihtwísan

    diriges justum,

      Ps. Th. 7, 10: 24, 4.

  • Gerǽdes

    dispensas,

      Rtl. 71, 11.

  • Ðæne rǽd gerǽdde Síric arcebisceop

    that counsel advised archbishop Sigeric,

      Chr. 991; Th. 238, 28: 1052; Th. 320, 13, col. 1.

  • Gyf ðú ðæt gerǽdest

    if thou decidest on that,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 54; By. 36: Exon. 92 a; Th. 344, 24; Gn. Ex. 178.

  • Ðá witan gerǽddan

    the counsellors ordained,

      L. E. G. 4; Th. i. 168, 15.

  • Heó hire feax gerǽdde crines composuit, Bd. 3,

      9; S. 534, 13.
  • [Cf. Icel. greiða hár to dress the hair.] Bíðon girǽded

    disponentur,

      Rtl. 86, 24.

  • Ic ðone friþ gerǽdd hæbbe

    I have ordained the peace,

      L. Ath. v. § 11; Th. i. 240, 14.

  • Gerǽd

    ordained,

    § l0;
      Th. i. 240, 2: L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 324, 1.
  • [Goth. ga-raidjan to enjoin: Icel. greiða to arrange.]
to read; legere
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  • Sý gerǽd

    sit lectus,

      C. R. Ben. 22.

  • Hit is gerǽd on gewyrdelícum racum

    it is read in historical narratives,

      Homl. Th. i. 58, 9.

  • Ðonne gerǽde gé ðás word beforan him ðæt híg gehíron

    then read these words before them that they may hear,

      Deut. 31, 11.
Etymology
[Cf. ge-rádian.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-rǽdan.” 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/15631.

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