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§268; §559;
Add: gend (v. geond-geótan), gind, giend, gynd. A. with acc.
where position is marked.
distribution of objects
over a surface
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  • Ealle hí lágon slǽpende geond þá eordan

    they all lay about on the ground sleeping,

      Hml. S. 23, 260.

  • Mid gymstánum gefrætewod geond eall

    adorned all over with jewels,

      36, 140.
within an area
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  • Þǽr sint swíðe micle meras geond þá móras

    there are very large lakes among the moors,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 19, 5.

  • Gind þæt lond tó*-*brǽd,

      4, 8; S. 188, 12.

  • Weras geond þá wínburg,

      An. 1639.

  • Úre bisceopas geond eal Romána ríce

    our bishops throughout the Roman empire,

      Bl. H. 187, 3.

  • Secgað ðǽm welegum gind ðisne middangeard,

      Past. 181, 14.

  • Geond ealne middaneard,

      Hy. 3, 12.

  • Monge sindon geond middangeard hádas under heofonum,

      Gú. 1.

  • Heá beorgas geond sídne grund

    the high hills throughout the wide world,

      Gen. 1388.

  • Ealle ðá reliquias ðe gind ealne middangeard sindon,

      Rtl. 114, 18.

  • Æfter burgum geond Bryten innan, Gú. 855. (bb)

    among

    a people :-- Þám snoterestum geond
      Iudéas, El. 278.
within a space
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  • Þá cynn þe flód wecceð geond hronráde,

      Gen. 205.
  • (cc) a room, hall, &c. :-- Ealle geond windsele,
      Sat. 386.

  • Geond þæt síde sel

    throughout the spacious hall,

      An. 763.

  • Hringdene geond þæt sæld swǽfon

    they slept all about the hall,

      B. 1280.

  • Ne gód hafoc geond sæl swingeð

    no hawk has its perch in the hall,

    2264.
diffusion of an object throughout a space
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  • Eówerne naman tóbrǽdan geond eallne eorþan,

      Bt. 18, 2; F. 64, 5: Víd. 99.

  • Þǽr wæs cirm micel geond Mermedonia,

      An. 42.

  • Wynn geond wuldres þrym,

      Cri. 71.

  • Cóm micel hǽte giend Rómáne,

      Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 15.
distribution to or diffusion through many places
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  • Hé þæt wín tódǽlde geond ealle þá kyfa and geond ealle þá fatu,

      Gr. D. 58, 22-24.

  • Drihten eów tódrífð geond ealle þá þeóda (

    in omnes gentes

    ),
      Deut. 4, 27.

  • Wæs geond werþeóde Waldendes wracu wíde gefrǽge,

      Edg. 53.

  • Wæs úre líf geond londa fela fracuð,

      Az. 23.

  • Seó treów geond bilwitra breóst áríseð, Gn. Ex. 161. (3 a) where a like circumstance occurs at different places :-- Beóð eorþan styrunga geond stówa (

    per loca

    ),
      Lk. 21, 11.
distribution among other objects,
between
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  • Geseah ic wíngeard, and þá twigo his hongodon geond þá columnan

    vineam inter columnas pendentem miratus sum,

      Nar. 4, 29.
where there is movement.
of a body
on a surface,
across, over, about
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  • Manig wyht is mistlíce férende geond (geon, v. l.) eorþan

    quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris,

      Bt. 41, 6; F. 254, 24.

  • Fleógan crupon geond eall þá limu,

      Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 3.

  • Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas,

      B. 840.

  • Swá wé on laguflóde ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne aǽ sundhengestum flódwudu fergen,

      Cri. 853: Gen. 1331.
within an area,
through, about a country (or people)
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  • Hí ealle heora lífláde geond missenlice þeóda (

    per diversas prouincias

    ) farað,
      R. Ben. 9, 21: Sat. 270.

  • Hé sum his folc sende gind þæt lond tó herigenne,

      Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 10.

  • Ꝥ hrýþer geond ꝥ wésten férde,

      Bl. H. 199, 10: 12.

  • Þá heáfodleásan man héngc on ðá portweallas . . . flugon hrócas and hremmas geond þá portweallas and tósliton ðá hálgan Godes dýrlingas,

      Hml. S. 23, 79.
within a space,
through, about, in
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  • Heó hwearf geond þæt reced,

      B. 1981.

  • Hé hwearf geond þone wudu,

      Bl. H. 199, 13: Ll. Th. i. 114, 15.

  • Hié hine tugon geond þǽre ceastre lanan,

      Bl. H. 241, 25.
  • (cc) within a medium (earth, water, air) :-- Hornfisc glád geond gársecg, An. 371.

  • Git geseóþ hine geond heofenas féran,

      Bl. H. 187, 34.

  • Heofonfuglas lácende geond lyft farað,

      Az. 144: El. 734.
where there is motion of a fluid, growth of a plant (lit. or fig.).
through an area
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  • Lǽd ðíne willas gind ðín lond,

      Past. 373, 5.

  • Rǽhton wíde geond werþeóda wróhtes telgan,

      Gen. 991.
through a medium
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  • Se ǽwelm biþ smúgende geond þá eorðan,

      Bt. 24, 1; F. 80, 26.
where there is movement to every part of an object,
throughout.
the subject material
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  • Hé ús féran hét geond ginne grund: 'Farað geond ealle eorðan sceátas, bodiað geleáfan ofer foldan fæðm' (

    euntes in mundum uniuersum praedicate euangelium,

      Mk. 16, 15), An. 329-336: Cri. 481.

  • His apostolas tóférdon geond þisne middaneard,

      Hml. S. 36, 15.

  • Hundes fleógan cómon geond eall þæt mancyn,

      Ors. 1, 7; S. 38, 2.

  • Man gengde geond eall ábútan þone port*-*weall,

      Hml. S. 23, 267: 355.
the subject non-material
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  • Geond ealle eorþan gǽþ heora swég

    in omnem terram exiuit sonus eorum,

      Bl. H. 133, 34.

  • Wordhleóðor ástág geond heáhræced,

      An. 709.

  • Wæs geond þá werþeóde lǽded morgenspel,

      El. 969.
where there is movement to many places
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  • Gá geond þás wegas and hegas

    exi in uias et sepes,

      Lk. 14, 23.

  • Heó wǽðeð geond weallas,

      Rä. 35, 5.
marking the locality to which sight is directed, (to look)
through, over
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  • Sioh geond þás sídan gesceaft,

      Cri. 59.

  • Hé lócade geond þæt láðe scræf mid égum,

      Sat. 727.
marking the locality of action or condition.
in or on a place,
throughout
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  • Wé weorðiað wíde geond eorðan heáhengles tíd,

      Men. 176.

  • Geond woruld innan,

      Cri. 469.

  • Bodad geond ealne middangeard

    praedicatum in toto mundo

    (Mt.
      26, 13), Bl. H. 69, 19: 121, 3.

  • Geond þá burh bodad beorne manegum,

      An. 1122.

  • Cúð is wíde geond middangeard ꝥ . . .,

      Gú. 508.

  • Ꝥ wé úre gesibsumnesse healdon gynd ealne mínne anweald,

      Ll. Th. i. 246, 23: 270, 10.
among people
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  • Ic geond þeóde (

    inter gentes

    ) sealmas singe,
      Ps. Th. 56, 11: Men. 127.

  • Geond ealle þeóda,

      Hy. 9, 2.

  • Geond hæleða bearn,

      Men. 121.

  • Sécan geond Israéla earme láfe,

      Dan. 80.
of time,
during, through, for
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  • Geond fíf mónþas,

      Hml. S. 21, 145.
  • Geond nigon geúra fec, 157: 3, 469.

  • Géond ealra worulda woruld,

      Sat. 224.

  • Gynd ǽnlípie dagas

    per singulos dies,

      Ps. L. Lnd. p. 248, 15.

  • Þurh dæg ł iand dæg

    per diem,

      Ps. L. 12, 2:21, 3. B. with dat.
local,
about in.
of rest
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  • Hí geond missenlicra monna húsum wuniað

    they live about in different people's houses;

    per diversorum cellas hospitantur,
      R. Ben. 9, 23.
of motion
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  • Hí férdon wórigende geond eallum Rómániscum ymbhwyrfte,

      Hml. Th. ii. 30, 28.
of time,
through
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  • Geond þá ( = þám; or? þane) ylcan tíman

    per idem tempus,

      An. Ox. 397.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geond.” 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/49161.

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