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ge-dón

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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Grammar
ge-dón, ic -dó, ðú -dést, he -déþ, pl. -dóþ; p. -dyde, pl. -dydon; pp. dén, -dón
To do, make, put, cause, effect, reach a place; facere
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  • Ic sceal cunnan hwæt ðú gedón wille

    I shall know what thou wilt do,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 684
      • ;
    • An. 343
      • .

  • Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne

    non potes unum capillum album facere,

    • Mt. Bos. 5, 36
      • .

  • Gedó dé hálne

    salvum te fac,

    • Lk. Bos. 23, 37 : 8, 48
      • .

  • Ðæt gefeoht wæs gedón mid micelre geornfulnesse

    the battle was fought [done] with much earnestness,

    • Ors. 3; 9; Bos. 64, 45
      • .

  • Ðæt hit gedón wǽre

    that it was done,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1530
      • ;
    • An. 766
      • .

  • Swá fela wundra swá we gehýrdon gedóne

    quanta audivimus facto,

    • Lk. Bos. 4, 23
      • .

  • Ðæt he us ðæt cúþ gedó

    that he make that known to us,

    • Blick. Homl. 139, 31
      • .

  • Hie gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer biþ ofer froren

    they cause each to be frozen over,

    • Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 9
      • :
    • Past. Swt. 7, 8
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 82, 12
      • .

  • Ðone eádigan Matheum he gedyde gangan

    he caused the blessed Matthew to go,

    • St. And. 14, 13
      • .

  • We syndon niwe to ðissum geleáfan gedón

    we are newly turned to this faith,

    • 24, 9
      • .

  • Streównesse him under gedón

    to put litter under him,

    • Blickl. Homl. 227, 12
      • .

  • On cweartern gedón

    to put in prison,

    • Jn. Bos. 3, 24
      • .

  • Fóron óð ðæt hie gedydon æt Sæferne

    they went until they reached the Severn,

    • Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 14; 93, 5 : 895
      • ;
    • Erl. 94, 2, 15
      • .

  • Fóron ðæt hie gedydon innan Sæferne múðan

    they went so as to get within the mouth of the Severn,

    • Chr. 918; Erl. 102, 24
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-dón
.]
Derived forms
dón
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-dón.” 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/14076.

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