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ge-þeaht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-þeaht, -þæht, e; f: es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §391; §563;
counsel, consultation, deliberation, advice, thought, a determination, resolution, device, plan, purpose; consĭlium, cōgĭtātio
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  • Geþeaht Drihtnes on écnysse wunaþ

    consĭlium Dŏmĭni in æternum mănet,

    • Ps. Spl. 32, 11: Ps. Th. 88, 6.

  • Ðæt geþeaht

    the counsel,

    • Ps. Th. 9, 6.

  • Hie ðære geþeahte wǽron

    they were of the resolution,

    • Cd. 182
      • ;
    • Th. 228, 21
      • ;
    • Dan. 205.

  • Hí nyllaþ geþafan beón óðerra monna geþeahtes

    they will not be supporters of the plan of other men,

    • Past. 42, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 305, 15
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 58 a, 2.

  • On ánre geþeahte [MS. geþeaht] eodan togædere

    consĭlium fēcērunt in ūnum,

    • Ps. Th. 70, 9.

  • On geþeahte

    in consĭlio,

    • Ps. Spl. 1, 1: Ps. Th. 105, 32.

  • Bútan geþeahte

    without advice;

    inconsulte,

    • Bd. 3, 1
      • ;
    • S. 523, 31.

  • Of hiera ágnum geþeahte

    from their own determination,

    • Past. 42, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 305, 18
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 58 a, 4.

  • Ealle geþeaht ðín he getrymþ

    omne consĭlium tuum confirmet,

    • Ps. Spl. 19, 4.

  • Þurh monnes geþeaht

    through man's device,

    • Cd. 29
      • ;
    • Th. 38, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 605: Elen. Kmbl. 2117
      • ;
    • El. 1060.

  • Hí forhogodon ðæs Hǽlendes geþeaht

    consĭlium Dei sprēvērunt,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 30: Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 515, 32, 40.

  • Hí án geþeaht ealle ymbsǽtan

    cōgĭtāvērunt consensum in ūnum,

    • Ps. Th. 82, 5.

  • Ðæt he him geþeaht sealde

    ut consĭlium sibi dăret,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 38.

  • Ðú [God] eal gód [MS. good] ánes geþeahte ðínes geþohtest

    thou [God] didst conceive all good by the counsel of thyself alone,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 78
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 39: Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 128, 20.

  • Mid geþeahte ðínum

    with thy counsel,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 173
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 87.

  • Geþancu and geþeahtu

    thoughts and plans,

    • Lchdm. iii. 214, 24.

  • He wiðcwyþ geþeaht ealdrum

    reprŏbat consĭlia princĭpum,

    • Ps. Spl. 32, 10: Ps. Th. 55, 5.
a council, an assembly; concĭlium
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  • Geþeaht awyrgedra ofsǽton me

    concĭlium mălignantium obsēdit me,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 15.

  • Ic ne sæt mid geþeahte ýdelnyssa

    non sēdi cum concĭlio vānĭtātis,

    • 25, 4.

  • On ðam geþeahte

    in the council,

    • Homl. Th. i. 46, 5.
Derived forms
rǽd-geþeaht.
Linked entries
v.  þeaht ge-þæht.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þeaht.” 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/16430.

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