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ge-stihtian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-stihtian, ge-stihtan.
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to decide, determine
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  • Gestihtigan

    decernere,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 70.

  • Ne cwaeft he hit ná gestihtiende ac þýwende (aoa

    jíecernendo, s'ed minando),

      Gr. D. 151, 7.
to dispose, arrange,
to arrange people
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  • He gestihte his werod swá him gewunelic wæs,

      Hml. S. 30, 26.
to arrange a matter,
with noun or pronoun
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  • Hit gewearð swá hit God gestihtade] . . . ,

      Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 20.

  • Cýðnisse gestihtadun

    testamentum disposuerunt,

      Ps. Srt. 82, 6.

  • Se abbud eal gestyhtige and gesette þæt him gemǽne bið, R. Ben. 15, 18. (a a)

    to arrange

    for or with a person :-- Ic gestihtade cýðnisse gecorenum minum,
      Ps. Srt. 88, 4.

  • Ðú gestihtades him yfel, 72, 18: 83, 7.

    (testamentum)

    gestihtade to
      Abraham, 104, 9.
with infin. ,
to arrange to do
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  • On ancerlifes drohtnunge he gestihtode his lif geendian

    in anchoretica conuersatione uitam jinire disposuit,

      Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 283, l.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-stihtian.” 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/49806.

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