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under-gitan

  • verb [ strong ]
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under-gitan, p. -geat, pl. -geáton; pp. -giten
To understand, perceive, know
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  • Ic gefréde oððe undergyte

    sentio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 30, 2
      • ;
    • Zup, 190, 11.

  • Ic undergyte

    perpendo,

    • 28, 7
      • ;
    • Zup. 181, 6.

  • Gif folces man syngaþ þurh nytenyss[e] and his gylt undergit (

    et cognoverit peccatum suum

    ),
    • Lev. 4, 28.

  • Fram hyra wæstmum gé hí utndergytaþ (

    cognoscetis

    ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 16.

  • Ðá Samson heora syrwunga undergeat and árás,

    • Jud. 16, 3: Homl. Th. i. 62, 30.

  • Ðá undergeat Noe, ðæt ða wæteru wǽron ádrúwode ofer eorðan,

    • Gen. 8, 11.

  • Ðá Ulfcytel ðæt undergeat,

    • Chr. 1004
      • ;
    • Erl. 139, 25.

  • Ðá Eádwine eorl and Morkere eorl ðæt undergeáton,

    • 1066
      • ;
    • Erl. 198, 39: Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 112, 26.

  • Hig ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ðæt hé tealde him God tó fæder

    non cognouerunt quia patrem eis dicebat,

    • Jn. Skt, 8, 27.

  • Ne undergéton (-geáton, MS. A.) ( cognouerunt ) hys leorningcnihtas ðás þing ǽrest,

    • 12, 16.

  • Gif hwam gelustfullaþ tó witanne hwæt sý quadrans ðonne undergite hé ðæt quadrans byð se feórða dǽl,

    • Anglia viii. 298, 10.

  • Understandan

    capere, intelligere,

    undergite

    capiat,

    • Hpt. Gl. 437, 28.

  • Undergitende heortan

    cor intelligens,

    • Dent 29, 4.

  • Beón undergiten

    colligi, cognosci, intelligi,

    • Hpt. Gl. 460, 13.

  • Þe beóð undergitene

    noscuntur, intelleguntur,

    • 430, 11.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “under-gitan.” 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/32804.

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