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ge-ǽrendian

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to do an errand or a business
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  • Se man þe bringð médsceat þám geréfan, sé geǽrendað bet (does his business better) þonne sé ðe nǽnne ne bringð,

    • Wlfst. 238, 9.

  • Se cing Gode þancode ꝥ hé swá geǽrndod swá ðan ealra leómste wes,

    • Chr. 995
      • ;
    • P. 131, 24.
to obtain by negotiation or intercession.
for a person (dat. )
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  • Geǽrendodon mé ðá híwan ðet þá men móstan on þan londe wunien,

    • Cht. Th. 152, 13.

  • Þá sendon hió Filónem tó þon ꝥ hé him sceolde Gaiuses mildse geǽrendian

    Philonem legatum ad Caesarem miserunt

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    • Ors. 6, 3
      • ;
    • S. 258, 5.
from (æt) a person
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  • Ic geǽrndede æt Cnute þæt land,

    • Cht. Th. 368, 9.
to go to (tó) a person and obtain for another (dat.), apply to a person and obtain
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  • Englas mé geǽrndo-don tó þám Hǣlende, þ ic hī gebicgan mōste,

    • Hml. S. 36, 176.

  • Nán man ne mæg him sylfum rihtlíce tó his Drihtne his þearfe geǽrndian, bútan . . . ,

    • Wlfst. 136, 15.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-ǽrendian.” 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/46996.

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