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ge-hleótan

  • verb
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Grammar
ge-hleótan, p. -hleát, pl. -hluton; pp. -hloten
To share or appoint by lot, to get, receive; sortiri, nancisci
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  • He ðæs weorc gehleát

    he got pain for this,

    • Cd. 131; Th. 166, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2745
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 105, 24
      • .

  • Se eádiga Matheus gehleát to Marmadonia

    St. Matthew was allotted to Mermedonia,

    • Blickl. Homl. 229, 6
      • .

  • Gehluton [MS. gehlutan]

    they obtained,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 2
      • .

  • Gehloten,

    • Exon. 95 a; Th. 355, 18
      • ;
    • Reim. 79
      • .

  • Hit wæs gehloten to Iosepes bearna lande

    it was allotted to the land of the children of Joseph,

    • Jos. 24, 32
      • .

  • Ic wæs gehloten mid ánum wífe in ánes ceorles ðeówdóme

    I was allotted with a woman to the service of a certain man,

    • Shrn. 38, 13
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. i-leoten to fall to one's lot
.]
Similar entries
v. hleótan.
Linked entries
v.  ge-hloten.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hleótan.” 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/14707.

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