geþiedan
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈθi͜yː.dɑn/
Verb
ġeþīedan (Early West Saxon)
- to join, unite, connect, associate
- "Genesis", chapter 2, verse 24
- For þām forlǣt sē man fæder and mōder and ġeþēot hine tō his wīfe, and hīġ bēoþ būtū on ānum flǣsċe.
- Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
- "Boethius", 16, 3
- Þæt is on þām sweotol þæt hī hīe simle tō þām gōdum ne ðēodað, ne ðā yfelan gōde ne ġedōð, þe hī hīe oftost tō geðēodaþ.
- This is evident in that, that they do not always join themselves to the good, nor make the evil good, which they most often join themselves to.
- "Genesis", chapter 2, verse 24
- to apply, adjust, translate
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
- He ðám wordum sóna monig word to geþeódde. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Ðonne mihte he ðara ríme geþeóded beón. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- He hét ðisne regul of læden-gereorde on englisc geþeódan. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġeþīedan (weak, class 1)
| infinitive | ġeþīedan | ġeþīedenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ġeþīede | ġeþīedde |
| second person singular | ġeþīedest, ġeþīetst | ġeþīeddest |
| third person singular | ġeþīedeþ, ġeþīett, ġeþīet | ġeþīedde |
| plural | ġeþīedaþ | ġeþīeddon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ġeþīede | ġeþīedde |
| plural | ġeþīeden | ġeþīedden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ġeþīed | |
| plural | ġeþīedaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ġeþīedende | ġeþīeded | |
Derived terms
- ġeþēode
- ġeþēodendliċ
- ġeþēodnes
- ġeþēodrǣden
- ġeþēodsumnes
- inġeþēode
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “geþiedan”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Old English to Modern English Translator
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geþiedan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.