gereordian

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ġereord +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈre͜or.di.ɑn/, [jeˈre͜orˠ.di.ɑn]

Verb

ġereordian

  1. to give food to, to feed
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.
      And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.
  2. to feast, dine, to take food (often with an accusative reflexive pronoun)

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