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ge-teón

  • verb [ weakcontracted ]
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ge-teón, -tión; p. -teóde; pp. -teód
To make, form, frame, appoint, determine, decree, ordain, assign; făcĕre, stătuĕre, constĭtuĕre, decernĕre
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  • Ðe him to gode geteóde

    which he had formed to himself for a god,

      Cd. 182; Th. 228, 19; Dan. 204.

  • He us æt frymþe geteóde líf

    he assigned life to us at the beginning,

      Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 17; Gn. Ex. 5: 90 a; Th. 337, 28; Gn. Ex. 71: Andr. Kmbl. 28; An. 14.

  • He hine gegyrede mid grame wyrgþu, swá he hine wǽdum wrǽstum geteóde

    induit se mălĕdictiōne sīcut vestīmento,

      Ps. Th. 108, 18.

  • Hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód

    how the world was wondrously framed,

      Cd. 177; Th. 222, 28; Dan. 111.

  • Se ðe geteód hæfde

    qui decrēvĕrat,

      Bd. 3, 24;S. 556, 12: Blickl. Homl. 19, 35.

  • Geteód to ðǽm écan wítum

    destined to eternal torments,

      37, 4: 31, 22.

  • Ðonne biþ ðam heard dóm geteód

    a hard sentence will be the lot of that man,

      95, 36.

  • Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód

    by what man's hand my death was determined;

    cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam,
      Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-teón.” 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/16401.

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