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ge-endian

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where the subject of the verb ceases to do something, to bring to an end, to come to an end of
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  • Þá se Hǽlend þás word geendode,

    • Mt. 7, 28.

  • Þá se Hǽlend geendode þás bigspel,

    • 13, 53,

  • Wé móton nú geendian þyses godspelles race,

    • Hml. A. 71, 160,

  • Ðiós rédo geendad bið ( finitur ) on stóue ðér cuuoeð.

    • Lk. p. 11, 16.

  • Ðæt is tó tácne ðæt mon endebyrðllce ðone biscepdóm healde, ðæt hé hine on gódum weorcum geendige,

    • Past. 53, 23.

  • Geendedre

    transacto (officio)

    ,
    • An. Ox. 2144.
líf geendianto die:--
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  • Ǽghwylc þára manna þe his líf geendaþ on þyssum,

    • Bl. H. 37, 4: 61, 2.

  • Ðá ðe hira líf on firenluste geendigað (-endiað,

    v. l. ).
    • Past. 251, 7.

  • Hé fægere ende his líf betýnde and geendade

    pulchro uitam suam fine conclusit,

    • Bd. 4, 24;
    • Sch. 488, 8: Hml. Th. ii. 544, 31.
with the idea of extinction, destruction, to put an end to, make an end of, consume, finish
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  • Æfter ðon alle geendade

    postquam omnia consummasset,

    • Lk. L. 15, 14.

  • God gemynte his yfelnysse tó geendigenne,

    • Hml. Th. i. 414, 6.

  • Hé is tóweard þás world tó geendenne,

    • Bl. H. 81, 36.
to kill a person, destroy life :--
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  • Þonne se deáð úre andwerde líf geendað,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 526, 24.

  • Philippus wearð geendod (cf. Philippus on galgan áhangen wæs,

    • Ap. 41),
    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 28.

  • His líf weard geendod,

    • Bl. H. 113, 8.

  • Sune selenis geendad

    filio proditionis extincto,

    • Lk. p. 3, 4.

  • Hí nǽron geendode ðurh openne martirdóm,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 544, 29.
with the idea of completion, accomplishment,
to finish
a concrete object
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  • Membrað angan timbran Babylonia ..., and Sameramis hié geendade,

    • Ors. 2, 4;
    • S. 74, 11.

  • Torr getimbra ... gif hæfeð tó geendanne ( ad perficiendum) ... ne mæhte geendiga

    (perficere ),

    • Lk. L. R. 14, 28, 29.
an abstract object (a case, work, course, c.)
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  • Ðætte ic geendigo ( perficiam ) uoerc his.

    • Jn. L. 4, 34.

  • Hí ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled

    they will not finish the case till their purse be filled,

    • Ll. Lbmn. 475, 42.

  • Ic geendode ( consummaui ) ꝥ weorc ꝥ þú mé sealdest tó dónne,

    • Jn. 17, 4.

  • Erning giendade

    cursum consummavi,

    • Rtl. 60, 19.

  • Geendadon alle æfter ae Drihtnes,

    • Lk. L. 2, 39.

  • Ꝥte ic geendia ðá uerca,

    • Jn. L. 5, 36.
to accomplish, perform, effect a purpose
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  • Gemyne þú hwæt þú ámeldodest, hwæt ðú geændadest,

    • Lch. iii. 34, 7.

  • Hé geendode þæt hé gebeótod hæfde ... eall hé ꝥ gefylde,

    • Bl. H. 83, 25.

  • Derneleger geendade

    adulterium committit,

    • Mk. L. 10, 11.

  • In huelc mæht wundra geendade ł dyde (

    patraret

    ),
    • Mt. p. 18, 19.

  • Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad

    a very just sentence was there carried out,

    • Ors. 6, 34;
    • S. 292, 2.

  • Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod,

    • Bl. H. 189, 27.

  • Fulwuiht ic hafo ... oðð ðá hwíl geendad sié,

    • Lk. L. R. 12, 50.

  • Geendad biðon alle ðá ðe áwriteno sindon,

    • 18, 31.

  • Ealle ðing wǽron geendode ꝥ ꝥ hálige geurit wǽre gefylled,

    • Jn. 19, 28.
to make perfect, perfect
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  • Geendades lof

    perfecisti laudem,

    • Mt. L. 21, 16.

  • Giendig geongo míno

    perfici gressus meos,

    • Rtl. 167, 1.

  • Ꝥ hí sýn geendode on án.

    • Jn. 17, 23.
to fulfil
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  • Wítgiung geendad

    prophetia completa,

    • Mt. p. 16, 15.

  • Ꝥ wére geendad ( adimpleretur ) ꝥ gecueden wæs,

    • Mt. L. 8, 17.
to fill
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  • Of onwrihnisse geendad

    revelatione saturatus,

    • Mt. p. 9, 6.

  • Geendad wéron ðá færmo

    impletae sunt nubtiae,

    • Mt. L. 22, 10.
of time
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  • Æfter ðon geendad wéron dagas æhto

    postquam consummati sunt dies octo,

    • Lk. L. R. 2, 21: 4, 2.

  • Geendade,

    • 2, 43.
intrans. To come to an end
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  • Bidden wé Drihten þæs leóhtes þe nǽfre ne geendað,

    • Bl. H. 21, 13.
of persons, to die:--
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  • Þá þe wel geendiað,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 526, 21.

  • Ðá Eádréd geendude,

    • Cht. Th. 203, 11: Hml. S. 6, 350: 25, 155.

  • Gif hé on þám unrihte geendige ... Gif hí on þám geendigan,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 300, 18, 21.

  • Lǽt ús þurh þis fýr geendian,

    • Hml. S. 30, 433: Hml. Th. i. 414, 8.

  • His twá dohtra gewiton fægre geendode (

    having made a fair end

    ),
    • ii. 298, 10.
Etymology
[
O. L. Ger. gi-endión:
O. H. Ger. ge-entón consummare, finire, obire.
]
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v. un-geendod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-endian.” 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/47843.

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