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ge-þeaht

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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ge-þeaht, m. (e. g. geþeahtas, Gr. D. 137, 20), f. (e. g. mid bróþorlicre geþeahte. Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8), n. (e. g. ðæt ryhte geðeaht. Past. 287, 14).
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §391; §563;
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consultation, deliberation by many
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  • Beóð tóstencte geþancu þár þár nys geþeaht

    (consilium);

    þár þár manega synd geþeahteras beóð getrymmede,
      Scint. 199, 12.

  • Ic gehýrde . . . mid þec þegn æt geþeahte,

      Gú. 1189.

  • Hafa ðú mid þone bysceop sprǽce and geþeahte hwæt tó dónne sié,

      Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 74, 12.

  • Hé hæfde geþeaht mid his witum and freóndum

    facto cum suis consilio,

      3, 22 ; Sch. 292, 12 : 4, 1; Sch. 336, 16.

  • Hæfde se cyng mycel geþeaht and swíðe deópe spǽce wið his witan,

      Chr. 1085; P. 216, 15.

  • Geþancu mid geþeahtum beóð gestrangude,

      Scint. 199, 13.

  • Þá þe ongynnað gesibbe geþeahtu

    qui ineunt pacts consilia,

    9.

  • Geðeaht, Kent. Gl. 421. I a. consideration, deliberation by an individual :-- 'Nedoo ðú nánwuht bútan geðeahte (sine consilio) . . . lǽt simle gán ðín eágean beforan ðínum fótum/ Ðonne stæppað ðá eágan beforan ðǽm fótum ðonne ðæt ryhte and ðæt gesceádwíslice geðeaht (

    recta consilia)

    gǽð beforan weorcum. Ac sé ðe ágímeleásað ðæt hé ðence . . . ,
      Past. 287, 11-15.

  • Sé sit on wóles setle, sé ðe yfel wyrcð mid geðeahte

    (ex judicio),

      435, 22.
advice, direction
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  • Manege ic áwearp mid mínra witena geþeahte. Ll. Th. i. 58, 20: 246, 20.

  • Seó gerǽdnes þe Eádgár cyng mid his witena geþeahte gerǽdde,

      262, 3 : 340, 5.

  • Ic Æðelstán mid geþeahte Wulfhelmes arceb. and mínra óðera biscopa,

      194, 2.

  • Mid geþeahte and mid láre Cénrédes mínes fæder and Heddes mínes biscepes. . . ,

      102, 2.
  • Be bisceopes geþeahte, ii. 300, 28.
  • Béte hé be his scriftes geþeahte, i. 374, 8.

  • Ænig man . . . ciricþén ne útige búton biscopes geþehte,

      306, 29.

  • Óswió Sigebyrhte mid freóndlicre geþeahte

    (consilio),

    oft tó spræc,
      Bd. 3, 22; Sch. 292, 8.

  • Wé magon eów syllan hálwende geþeahte

    (consilium),

      1, 1; Sch. 11, 12.

  • Him se bisceop hálwendlice geðeaht forðbróhte and hié lǽrede ꝥ . . . ,

      Bl. H. 205, 18 : Ps. Th. 106, 10.

  • Byþ hǽl þár þár fela geþeahtu synd,

      Scint. 199, 15.

  • Ic ne gýmde þára nytlicra geþeahta mínra freónda,

      Nar. 6, 26.

  • Sé þe wís ys, hé gehýrð geþeahtu,

      Scint. 199, 8.
wisdom, prudence, discretion
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  • Geþeaht gehealt þé

    (discretion shall preserve thee,

      Prov. 2, II), Scint. 199, 5: 16.

  • Gép ealle déð mid geþeahte

    (every prudent man dealeth with knowledge,

      Prov. 13, 16), 199, 11: 10.

  • Mid geþeahte and mid andgite,

      Bt. 33, 4 ; F. 132, 8 : Met. 20, 200.

  • Gehealt lage and geþeaht (

    keep sound wisdom and discretion,

      Prov. 3, 21), Scint. 199, 6.

  • Ꝥurh snyttro geþeaht,

      El. 1060.
  • Mé rúmran geþeaht wísdóm onwreáh, 1241.
purpose, design, device, plan
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  • Geþeaht, orþanc, searwu

    molimen,

      An. Ox. 123.

  • Gif ys of mannum geþeaht þis oððe weorc,

      Scint. 199, 3.

  • Hié gesetton ꝥ hé ... swungen wǽre oþþæt hé swylte ... Sóna swá him ꝥ geþeaht tó cóm,

      Bl. H. 193, 5.

  • Þú wéndest ꝥ þiós slíþne wyrd þás woruld wende bútan Godes geþeahte

    has fortunarum vices existimas sine rectore fluitare,

      Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 5: 5, 1; F. 8, 32.

  • Þiós wandriende wyrd færþ æfter his foreþonce and æfter his geþeahte, swá swá hé tiohhaþ ꝥ hit sié,

      39, 6; F. 220, 7.

  • Hwæþer þú on ǽngum geþeahte swá twiórǽde sié ꝥ ðé helpe hwæþer hit gewyrþe þe hit nó ne gewyrþe,

      41, 3; F. 250, 8.

  • Fróde geþeahte

    with prudent purpose,

      Men. 182.

  • Swá geendode se wita (

    Ahitophel

    ) his wælhreówe geþeaht, sé þe wolde berǽdan his rihtwísan hláford,
      Hml. S. 19, 213: Hml. Th. i. 82, 31.

  • Manna wísdóm and rǽdas syndon náhtlice ongeán Godes geþeaht,

      Chr. 979; P. 123, 33.

  • Þurh eówer geþeaht

    as the result of your design,

      Past. 443, 8.

  • Geþeahtu árleásra fácenralle,

      Scint. 138, 7.

  • Þám apostole þá Godes geþeahtas wǽron onwrigene,

      Gr. D. 137, 20.

  • Þurh geðeaht

    designedly;

    per consilia,
      Past. 435, 26.

  • Hí geþóhtun geþeahta þá þe hí ne mihton gestaþolfæstnian

    they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform

    (A.
      V.), Ps. L. 20, 12.

  • Drihten tóstencð geþeahtas ðeóda ... Geþeaht Drihtnes on écnysse wunað,

      32, 10-11.
a council, deliberative assembly
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  • Þú bist gewuldrad þǽr bið wísra geðeaht and háligra gemétincg,

      Ps. Th. 88, 6.

  • Se bisceopsinoð þæs Niceniscan geþeahtes,

      Angl. xi. 8, 1. [Tó sinoþ
    ]licum gemóte ł geþehte

    ad synodale concilium.

      An. Ox. 2093.
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v. un-geþeaht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þeaht.” 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/50064.

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