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ge-þingian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ge-þingian, p. ode; pp. od, ad.
[ge-þing, II.] to make terms with a person for one's self or
for another, to be reconciled, to come to an agreement, to reconcile, settle a dispute, intercede, mediate
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  • Swá hie geþingian mǽgen wið cyning and his geréfan

    according to the terms they can make with the king and his reeve,

    • L. In. 73
      • ;
    • Th. i. 148, 11: 62
      • ;
    • Th. i. 142, 3: Cod. Dipl. ii. 58, 26.

  • Ðá geþingadun wið ðǽm wyrhtum

    conventione facta cum operariis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 20, 2: Chr. 694
      • ;
    • Erl. 42, 15: 628
      • ;
    • Erl. 24, 4.

  • Ðǽr genam Hettulf Honoriuses sweostor and siððon wið hine geþingode

    there Ataulf took the sister of Honorius and afterwards made an agreement with him,

    • Ors. 6, 38
      • ;
    • Bos. 133, 15.

  • Bútan ðú ǽr wið hí geþingige

    unless thou first be reconciled to them,

    • Exon. 68 b
      • ;
    • Th. 254, 16
      • ;
    • Jul. 198.

  • Geþinge wið ðínum bróðer reconciliare fratri tuo,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 24.

  • Swá beóþ þeóda geþwǽre ðonne hý geþingad habbaþ

    so are peoples in concord when they have made a treaty,

    • Exon. 89 b
      • ;
    • Th. 336, 29
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 57.

  • Goda bæd ðæt se kynincg him geþingude wið Eádgife his bóca edgift

    Goda asked that the king would arrange for him with Eadgifu the restoration of his charters,

    • Th. Ch. 202, 32.

  • He geþingade fǽhþa mæste

    he settled the greatest feud,

    • Exon. 16 b
      • ;
    • Th. 39, 2
      • ;
    • Cri. 616: Blickl. Homl. 9, 6.

  • Ná ðé geþingodre

    none the more settled,

    • L. In. 22
      • ;
    • Th. i. 116, 12, MS. B.

  • Gehwilces manes, dǽda hine gewrégaþ oððe geþingiaþ

    every man's deeds accuse him or reconcile him [to God],

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 38.

  • Ðæt me seó hálge wið ðone hýhstan cyning geþingige

    that the holy one intercede for me to the most high king,

    • Exon. 76 a
      • ;
    • Th. 285, 20
      • ;
    • Jul. 717.

  • Giþingage

    intercedat,

    • Rtl. 66, 13:

    intervenire,

    • 60, 42.

  • Ðæt hí to ðam mildheortan Hǽlende hire geþingodon

    that they would intercede for her to the merciful Saviour,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 112, 22: 528, 14: Past. 10, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 63, 2, 10: Hat. MS.

  • Geþinga us

    intercede for us,

    • Exon. 12 b
      • ;
    • Th. 21, 29
      • ;
    • Cri. 342.
to determine
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  • Hafaþ nú geþingod to us þeóden mǽra

    the great prince hath determined [to come] to us,

    • Cd. 226
      • ;
    • Th. 302, 12
      • ;
    • Sat. 598.
Etymology
[Cf. ge-þingan.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þingian.” 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/16479.

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