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to order, command
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  • Gehátes

    jubet,

      Mt. p. 14, 13.

  • Mið ðý gehéht ł gehátend wæs

    cum jussisset,

      Mt. L. 14, 19.
to give orders to a person
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  • In mæhte geháteð gástum unclǽnum

    in potestate imperat spiritibus immundis,

      Lk. L. 4, 36.
to command, order something.
with simple direct object
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  • Ðing ꝥ gehéht Móyses

    munus quod praecepit Moses,

      Mt. L. 8, 4.

  • For ðon dyde ðá ðe him geháten hæfde ł gehéht (

    imperauerat

    ),
      Lk. L. 17, 9.
the order contained in a clause
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  • Gehéht (praecepit) ðegnum his ꝥ nǽnigum menn cueðas, Mt. L. 16, 20: Mk. L. 9, 9:

    imperat,

      Mk. p. 3, 20.

  • Wé gehéhtan ðæt . . .,

      Mt. p. 2, 17.

  • Ꝥte geháte (

    jubeat

    ) Drihten ne yfel . . . gewyrce,
      Rtl. 146, 33.

  • Ꝥte ne gehéhte (

    imperaret

    ) him ꝥte . . . gefoerdon hiá,
      Lk. L. 8, 31.
with acc. and infin., the noun in acc. being subject to the infin. verb
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  • Gehéht ðá ðegnas ástíge in scipp jussit discipulos ascendere in naviculam, Mt. L. 14, 22. (cc) with infin. alone :-- Gehéht gán ofer streám

    jussit ire trans fretum,

      Mt. L. 8, 18.
with acc. and dat. infin. cf. e.
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  • Ðá fióndas gehéht tó lufianne

    inimicos praecepit diligendos,

      Mt. p. 14, 18.
with infin. and acc., which is object to infin. cf. d.
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  • Hine (

    Uriah

    ) gehéht David ofslaa,
      Mt. L. 1, 6 note.
    Wecg gesealla gehéht, Mt. p. 18, 3.

  • Gehát gehalda byrgenn,

      Mt. L. 27, 64.
to bid come, summon, call
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  • Gif cyning his leóde tó him geháteð,

      Ll. Th. i. 2, 8.

  • Se cyning him tó gehét (-héht, v. l.) Cedd

    clamavit ad se Cedd,

      Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 293, 12.

  • Hé him tó gehét monigne lǽce,

      Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18.

  • Mið ðý gehátne uéron ðeignas his

    convocatis discipulis suis, Jn. p. 1, 14. II a. to invite to a feast :-- In ðǽm færmum ðér hé seolf uæs geháten (inuitatus ),

      Jn. p. 3, 11.

  • Tó gereordum wéron geháten

    ad nuptias invitatis,

      Mt. p. 19, 4.
to call.
to apply an epithet to a person or thing,
call so and so
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  • Ðæccile líchomas égo gehéht

    lucernam corporis oculum appellans,

      Mt. p. 15, 2.

  • For hwý God is geháten sió héhste écnes,

      Bt. 42; F. 256, 23: 34, 2; F. 136, 7.

  • Hí bióþ yfele gehátene,

      37, 4; F. 192, 11.
to call by a name,
name
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  • On þone stede þe is geháten Certices óra,

      Chr. 495; P. 15, 19.

  • Boetius wæs óþre naman geháten Seuerinns,

      Bt. 21; F. 76, 4.

  • Þriddan naman hé wæs geháten Cicero,

      41, 3; F. 246, 27.
to promise.
to engage to give or
bestow
a material object
with acc.
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  • Þú ús mycel herereáf gehéte,

      Bl. H. 85, 20.

  • Hé gehét þé folcstede,

      Gen. 2201.

  • For hwám wæs elles Canonea land Israhéla folce geháten, búton for ðǽm ðe ðæt folc nolde geliéfan ðeáh him mon feorrland on fierste gehéte, gif him sóna ne sealde sum on neáweste se him ðæt máre gehétt?,

      Past. 389, 31-35.

  • Hié him sendon áne tunecan, þá þe hié tó gehéton,

      Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 24.

  • Gehátten bið ł geháten is

    pollicetur,

      Mt. p. 2, 14.
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  • Hé him gehét leána,

      B. 2989.
a non-material object
with acc.
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  • Hé his ondueardnisse gehéht ł gehátes

    suam praesentiam pollicetur,

      Mt. p. 20, 8.

  • Ús Meotod máre gód geháteð,

      Az. 90.

  • Hí gehátaþ þá sóþan gesǽlþa,

      Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 17: 16: 92, 11: 32, 2; F. 118, 1.

  • Hí treówa gehátað,

      Leás. 25.

  • Þǽre láre þe ðú mé ǽr gehéte,

      Bt. 40, 5; F. 240, 12: 3, 4; F. 6, 19.

  • Hé gehét Rómánum his freóndscipe,

      1; F. 2, 8: Jul. 639.

  • Líf gehéht (

    promittit

    ) éce,
      Mt. p. 18, 12.
  • ¶ with complementary adjective: Hé him sige tóweardne gehéht, Bl. H. 201, 33.
with gen.
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  • Swá hwæs swá his irsung willaþ, ðonne gehét him þæs (cf. ꝥ eall gehǽt,

      Met. 25, 52) his réccelést, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 24.
to undertake to do (or
refrain from) an action.
with simple object
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  • Micel is ꝥ þú gehǽtst, and ic ne tweóge ðæt ðú hit mæge gelǽstan,

      Bt. 36, 3; F. 174, 31.

  • Hé ryht gehét,

      Ps. Rdr. 14, 4.

  • Ongan hé hine biddan ꝥ hé hine gemundbyrde . . . ðá gehét hé him ꝥ,

      Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 22: By. 289.

  • Hé him gehét his ǽriste,

      Bl. H. 17, 3.
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  • Ic árás swá ic gehéht ꝥ ic dón wolde,

      Bl. H. 183, 29.

  • Gehét,

      Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 7.

  • Þú mé gehéte ꝥ þú hí woldest mé getǽcan,

      F. 126, 10.

  • Hé gehétt ðæt hé suá dón wolde,

      Past. 307, 11.

  • Gehátend wæs hir ꝥ sealla walde

    pollicitus est ei dare,

      Mt. L. 14, 7.

  • Hæfdon hí hire geháten ꝥ hí on hyre rǽdenne beón woldon,

      Chr. 918; P. 105, 24.
combining
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  • Ic þæt geháte þæt ic heonon nelle fleón,

      By. 246.

  • Þú him þæt gehéte . . . þæt þú heora fromcyn ícan wolde,

      Dan. 316: An. 1420.
with dat. infin.
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  • Hé englas gehét wiþ mé tó sendenne,

      Bl. H. 181, 26.
to undertake that something shall (or shall not)
be done by another.
with simple object
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  • Hé him ðæs Hálgan Gástes cyme tóweardne gehét,

      Bl. H. 117, 14.

  • Abrahame wæs geháten Cristes cyme,

      Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 30.
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  • Hé gehét þæt hý ealdrihta ǽlces mósten wyrðe gewunigon,

      Met. 1, 35.

  • Hié him gehéton þæt hiera kyning fulwihte onfón wolde,

      Chr. 878; P. 76, 14.
combining
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  • Ic hit þé geháte, nó heó on helm losað,

      B. 1392.
  • Ic hit þé geháte, þæt þú móst sorhleás swefan, 1671.
to promise to a deity,
to vow
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  • Þá ælmessan þe Ælfréd cing gehét,

      Chr. 883; P. 19, 7.

  • Hié gehéton æt heargtrafum wígweorðunga,

      B. 175.

  • Heó hæfde geháten heora gydenne Dianan þæt heó wolde hiere líf on fǽmnháde álibban,

      Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 16.
to promise evil,
threaten with something.
with direct object
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  • Ǽlc yfel man him gehét,

      Chr. 1036; P. 160, 4.

  • Hé weán oft gehét,

      B. 2937.

  • Him hí ermðu gehéton,

      Gú. 418.
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  • Hym Godes andsacan swíðe gehéton þæt hé deáða gedál dreógan sceolde,

      Gú. 205: 542.
combining
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  • Þú þæt gehátest, þæt þú hám on ús gegán wille,

      Gú. 242.
with cognate accusative, to make a promise,
vow a vow
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  • Sé ðe gehát gehǽt,

      Past. 403, 3.

  • Ic (David) gehát gehét

    David votum vovit,

      Ps. Th. 131, 2.

  • Eal þín gehát þe þú mé gehéte,

      Bl. H. 143, 29.
to promise a person,
to betroth
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  • Sió geháten wæs geong suna Fródan,

      B. 2024.
absolute, to make a promise or
vow
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  • Hí gehátað holdlíce, swá hyra hyht ne gǽð,

      Leás. 14.

  • Gehéht

    spopondit,

      Lk. L. R. 22, 6.

  • Þæt man gylde and geháte,

      Ps. Th. 64, 1.

  • God hæfð swíðe wel geháten Israhéla folce,

      Past. 304, 12.
to assert confidently
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  • Þú gehéte þæt þec hálig gǽst wið earfeðum eáðe gescilde,

      Gú. 427.

  • Ic gehátan dear þæt þú þǽr treówe findest,

      Bo. 10.
Similar entries
v. fore-gehátan; un-geháten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hátan.” 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/48229.

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