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ge-þinge

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-þinge, es; n.
Take here the passages given under ge-þing, and add:
an agreement between persons,
compact
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  • Ðis is geðinge Eádwaldes and Cyneðrýðe ymbe ðet lond,

      C. D. i. 295, 32.

  • Ðis sindan geðinga Ealhburge and Eádwealdes et ðém londe,

      296, 31. [Ð
    ]is earan Cwǽnðrýðe geðincgo and biscopes and þeára þegna on Cantwara byrg, C. D. B. i. 533. 2.

  • Abban ... geðinga tó krístes cirican,

      Txts. 449, 71.

  • Ðis sint Ecgberhtes geðingeo and Æðeluulfes uuið arcebiscep,

      436, 14.

  • Gethingio

    aparitio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 100, 52.

  • Geþingio

    aparatio,

      4, 70.
an arrangement, a satisfaction of claims
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  • Geðynge

    expiando,

      Rtl. 23, 20.

  • Ne seleð Gode geðinge his

    non dabit Deo placationem suam,

      Ps. Srt. 48, 8.
  • II a. as a legal term :-- Be diernum geðinge. Sé þee

  • Gif hé geþafað ðá dyrnan geþingo,

      240, 16.
intercession, mediation
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  • Þes bróþer getogen wæs of þisum leóhte mid geþingum (þingungum,

    v. l., intercessionibus

    ) þæs hálgan weres,
      Gr. D. 54, 6.

  • Sé wæs wið his feóndum gescilded, sé þe þá anlícnesse tó geþingum (-þingunge,

    v. l.

    ) sóhte,
      Mart. H. 60, 24.

  • Gif hé gecéð him tó geþingum þínne naman,

      68, 12.

  • Hé wæs ábysgod mid his bénum ymb þæs diácones geþingu tó Gode

    Germanus se in precibus constrinxit,

      330, 13.
arrangement, determination of course to be followed
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  • Onbídan worda geþinges

    to await the determination made after speech,

      B. 398.

  • Bídan beorna geþinges

    to wait for the determination arrived at by warriors,

      El. 253.
a condition appointed to a person,
a circumstance determined by providence
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  • Wéne ic tó þé wyrsan geþingea,

      B. 525.

  • Þearlra geþinga,

      An. 1600.
  • Ædeles geþingu, þæt of his cynne cenned sceolde weorðan wuldres God, 757.

  • Hé him wítgode wyrda geþingu

    he should foretell to him what was appointed to happen,

      Dan. 545.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-dingi pactum, placitum, conditio.]
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v.  ge-þingio ge-þynge.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-þinge.” 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/50108.

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