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ge-tǽcan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-tǽcan, -tǽcean, -técan; p. -tǽhte; pp. -tǽht [tǽcan to teach]
To teach, instruct, show, declare, assign; dŏcēre, instruĕre, ostendere, assignāre, offerre
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  • Ic hit ðé wille getǽcan

    I will teach it thee,

      Bt. 34, 9; Fox 146 13: 36, 1; Fox 172, 28.

  • He cwæþ ðæt he mihte óðerne getǽcan [getǽcnan, MS. T.]

    ostendĕre posse se dixit alium,

      Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 2.

  • Getǽcean,

      Ps. Th. 105, 25.

  • Ðe ic ðé getǽce

    which I will show thee,

      Cd. 137; Th. 173, 1; Gen. 2854.

  • Ðú me róde ródera cining ryhte getǽhtest

    thou hast rightly shown me the cross of heaven's king,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2148; El. 1075.

  • Ðæt hie us fersc wæter and swéte getǽhton

    ut dulcem aquam demonstrarent,

      Nar. 10, 20: Guthl. 3; Gdwn. 20, 24.

  • Him Dryhten hlyt getǽhte

    God assigned to them a lot,

      Andr. Kmbl. 12; An. 6: Beo. Th. 4031; B. 2013: Cd. 136; Th. 171, 32; Gen. 2837.

  • We ðé wíc getǽhton

    we assigned to thee a dwelling place,

      127; Th. 162, 27; Gen. 2687.

  • Weg rihtwísnyssa ðínra getǽc me

    viam justĭfĭcātiōnum tuārum instrue me,

      Ps. Spl. 118, 27.

  • Ðæt ðú me getǽhte

    that thou teach me,

      Andr. Kmbl. 969; An. 485.

  • Ðæt he riht getǽhte

    that he should declare the truth,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1199; El. 601.
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v.  ge-técan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tǽcan.” 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/16349.

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