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ge-unnan

  • verb [ preterite-present ]
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Grammar
ge-unnan, ic, he -an; ðú -unne, pl. -unnon; p. -úðe, pl. -úðon; subj. -unne, pl. -unnen; p. -úðe, pl. -úðen; pp. -unnen
Wright's OE grammar
§542;
To give, grant, allow, concede; concedere, indulgere, permittere, largiri
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  • Gif he us geunnan wile, ðæt we hine grétan móton

    if he will grant to us that we may greet him,

    • Beo. Th. 698
      • ;
    • B. 346
      • :
    • Chr. 1095
      • ;
    • Erl. 231, 25
      • .

  • Se cyning nolde him his feores geunnan

    the king would not grant him his life,

    • Bt. 29, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 104, 22
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 358
      • ;
    • An. 179
      • :
    • L. C. E. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 358, 26
      • .

  • Hér sit mín mǽge ðe ic geann ǽgðer ge mínes landes ge mínes goldes ge ealles ðe ic áh æfter mínon dæge

    here sits my kinswoman, to whom I give both my land and my gold and all that I own, after my day,

    • Th. Chart. 337, 30
      • :
    • 560, 9, 11, 15
      • .

  • Ǽrðon me geunne éce dryhten, ðæt

    until to me shall grant the eternal Lord, that,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 499
      • ;
    • Sal. 250
      • .

  • Me geúðe ylda waldend, ðæt

    the Ruler of men granted me, that,

    • Beo. Th. 3326
      • ;
    • B. 1661
      • .

  • Ðú geúðest his bearne his cyneríces

    thou hast given his kingdom to his child,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 576, 14
      • .

  • Ðæt ðæt him góde menn geúðon

    that which good men have given them,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 56
      • .

  • Hú Cnut cyncg and Ælfgifu seó hlǽfdige geúðan heora preósté ðæt he móste ateón ðæt land swá him sylfan leófast wǽre

    how king Cnut and the lady Ælfgifu granted their priest that he might dispose of the land as he liked best,

    • Th. Chart. 328, 20
      • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 152, 15
      • .

  • God him geunne ðæt ...

    God grant him that...,

    • Chr. 959
      • ;
    • Erl. 121, 5
      • .

  • Ðæra þinga wurðe ðe se cyng him geunnen hæfde

    worthy of those things that the king had granted him,

    • 1046
      • ;
    • Erl. 173, 3
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-unnan; p. -onsta
:
O. H. Ger. gunnen; p. gi-onsta, both with the same cases as the English verb:
Ger. gönnen.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-unnan.” 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/16684.

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