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ge-teón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.
to draw, lead, incite, excite, constrain, restrain, bring up, instruct, bring to an end, complete, draw or bind together, string a musical instrument; trahere, ducere, perducere, stringere, evaginare, excitare, constringere, educare, instituere, ad finem perducere, complere, nervis aptare
vel instruere
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  • Woldon hine geteón in orwénnysse

    would draw him into despair,

      Exon. 41 a; Th. 136, 24; Gú. 546.

  • Ðás wíf wuna getéþ

    has mulieres consuetudo constringit,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 494, 11.

  • Ðú getíhst his heáhnisse

    consummabis summitatem ejus,

      Gen. 6, 16.

  • He Adam fram helle getéh

    he drew Adam from hell,

      Nicod. 30; Thw. 17, 31.

  • He monige to rihtre weorþunge ðǽre Drihtenlícan Eástrana geteáh and gelǽdde

    multos ad Catholicam Dominici Paschæ celebrationem perduxit,

      Bd. 5, 18; S. 636, 4.

  • Ðá hí hæfdon getogen eall Creáca folc to ðǽm gewinnum

    when they had drawn all the people of Greece to the wars,

      Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 14, 35.

  • He geteág ealde láfe

    he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword ],

      Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407.

  • Getogene ðý wǽpne

    evaginata sica,

      Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 21.

  • Folc to mánum getogen

    excitatum ad scelera vulgus,

      2, 5; S. 507, 42.

  • Hæfþ ealle gesceafta getogen

    he has restrained all creatures,

      Bt. Met. Fox 11, 48; Met. 11, 24.

  • Ða ðe wǽron on rím-cræfte rihte getogene

    those who were rightly instructed in the art of numbers,

      Chr. 975; Th. 226, 31; Edg. 27.

  • Swá getogen mann

    a man so well instructed,

      Homl. Th. ii. 122, 13: Th. Ap. 17, 18.

  • Ðeós fyrd wæs getogen ðý feorþan geáre his ríces

    hoc bellum quarto imperii sui anno complevit,

      Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 15.

  • Wæs heó mid micle sáre getogen

    illa erat multo dolore constricta,

      5, 3; S. 616, 22.

  • Wamb getogen

    alvus constricta,

      Med. ex Quadr. 6, 11; Lchdm. i. 352, 24.

  • Mid tyn strengum getogen hearpe

    a harp strung with ten strings,

      Ps. Th. 143, 10.

  • Ða organa wǽron getogene

    the organs were played,

      Th. Ap. 25, 15.
to bring as an offering or
gift, contribute, bestow, give; conferre
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  • Onweald geteáh wicga and wǽpna

    gave possession of war-horses and weapons,

      Beo. Th. 2093; B. 1044: 4337; B. 2165.

  • Nó ðú him wearne geteóh

    do not give them a denial,

      738; B. 366.
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v.  ge-teág ge-téh ge-tión ge-tíþ ge-toge ge-togen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-teón.” 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/16400.

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