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ge-þing

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-þing, es; n.
a council, an assembly; concilium, counio
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  • Ðá se þeóden ongan geþinges wyrcan

    then did the prince form a council,

    • Cd. 197
      • ;
    • Th. 245, 25
      • ;
    • Dan. 468.

  • Hét hie upastandan to Godes geþinge

    he bade them arise to God's assembly,

    • Andr, Kmbl. 1588
      • ;
    • An. 7951.
a compact, an agreement, a condition; pactum
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  • Be diernum geþinge

    concerning a private compact,

    • L. In. 52
      • ;
    • Th. i. 134, 11, 12: 50
      • ;
    • Th. i. 134, 1: L. Ath. v. § 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 240, 16: Th. Ch. 465, 12.

  • Hig him geþingo budon ðæt hie him óðer flet eal gerýmdon

    they offered him conditions that they would wholly yield to him another dwelling,

    • Beo. Th. 2175
      • ;
    • Th, 1085. v. Grm. R. A. 600.
what is impending over one, what is awaiting one, what is certainly to be expected or hoped for, fate, destiny; quod est imminens vel expectandum, fatum, sors
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  • Bád beadwa geþinges

    he awaited the fate of the battle,

    • Beo. Th. 1423
      • ;
    • B, 709: 802
      • ;
    • B. 398.

  • Wéndon hie þearlra geþinga þræge hnágran

    they expected a worse period of severe fates,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3194
      • ;
    • An. 1600: 1512
      • ;
    • An. 757.
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v.  gúþ-geþingu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þing.” 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/16474.

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