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ge-endian

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where the subject of the verb ceases to do something,
to bring to an end, to come to an end of
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  • Þá se Hǽlend þás word geendode,

      Mt. 7, 28.

  • Þá se Hǽlend geendode þás bigspel, 13, 53, Wé móton nú geendian þyses godspelles race, Hml. A. 71, 160, Ðiós rédo geendad bið (

    finitur

    ) on stóue ðér cuuoeð.
      Lk. p. 11, 16.

  • Ðæt is tó tácne ðæt mon endebyrðllce ðone biscepdóm healde, ðæt hé hine on gódum weorcum geendige,

      Past. 53, 23.

  • Geendedre transacto (officio), An. Ox. 2144. ¶ líf geendian

    to die

    :-- Ǽghwylc þára manna þe his líf geendaþ on þyssum,
      Bl. H. 37, 4: 61, 2.

  • Ðá ðe hira líf on firenluste geendigað (-endiað,

    v. l.

    ).
      Past. 251, 7.

  • Hé fægere ende his líf betýnde and geendade

    pulchro uitam suam fine conclusit,

      Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 488, 8: Hml. Th. ii. 544, 31.
with the idea of extinction, destruction,
to put an end to, make an end of, consume, finish
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  • Æfter ðon alle geendade

    postquam omnia consummasset,

      Lk. L. 15, 14.

  • God gemynte his yfelnysse tó geendigenne,

      Hml. Th. i. 414, 6.

  • Hé is tóweard þás world tó geendenne, Bl. H. 81, 36. (2 a) to kill a person,

    destroy

    life :-- Þonne se deáð úre andwerde líf geendað,
      Hml. Th. ii. 526, 24.

  • Philippus wearð geendod (cf. Philippus on galgan áhangen wæs,

      Ap. 41), Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 28.
  • His líf weard geendod,Bl. H. 113, 8.

  • Sune selenis geendad

    filio proditionis extincto,

      Lk. p. 3, 4.

  • Hí nǽron geendode ðurh openne martirdóm,

      Hml. Th. ii. 544, 29.
with the idea of completion, accomplishment,
to finish
a concrete object
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  • Membrað angan timbran Babylonia ..., and Sameramis hié geendade,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 74, 11.

  • Torr getimbra ... gif hæfeð tó geendanne (

    ad perficiendum) ... ne mæhte geendiga (perficere ),

      Lk. L. R. 14, 28, 29.
an abstract object (a case, work, course, &c.)
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  • Ðætte ic geendigo (

    perficiam

    ) uoerc his.
      Jn. L. 4, 34.

  • Hí ne geendiað ná þá spǽce ǽr heora seód bið áfylled

    they will not finish the case till their purse be filled,

      Ll. Lbmn. 475, 42.

  • Ic geendode (

    consummaui

    ) ꝥ weorc ꝥ þú mé sealdest tó dónne,
      Jn. 17, 4.

  • Erning giendade

    cursum consummavi,

      Rtl. 60, 19.

  • Geendadon alle æfter ae Drihtnes,

      Lk. L. 2, 39.

  • Ꝥte ic geendia ðá uerca,

      Jn. L. 5, 36.
to accomplish, perform, effect a purpose
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  • Gemyne þú hwæt þú ámeldodest, hwæt ðú geændadest,

      Lch. iii. 34, 7.

  • Hé geendode þæt hé gebeótod hæfde ... eall hé ꝥ gefylde,

      Bl. H. 83, 25.

  • Derneleger geendade

    adulterium committit,

      Mk. L. 10, 11.

  • In huelc mæht wundra geendade ł dyde (

    patraret

    ),
      Mt. p. 18, 19.

  • Þǽr wæs swíþe ryht dóm geendad

    a very just sentence was there carried out,

      Ors. 6, 34; S. 292, 2.

  • Ꝥ ungeháten is sceal beón geendod,

      Bl. H. 189, 27.

  • Fulwuiht ic hafo ... oðð ðá hwíl geendad sié,

      Lk. L. R. 12, 50.

  • Geendad biðon alle ðá ðe áwriteno sindon,

      18, 31.

  • Ealle ðing wǽron geendode ꝥ ꝥ hálige geurit wǽre gefylled,

      Jn. 19, 28.
to make perfect, perfect
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  • Geendades lof

    perfecisti laudem,

      Mt. L. 21, 16.

  • Giendig geongo míno

    perfici gressus meos,

      Rtl. 167, 1.
  • Ꝥ hí sýn geendode on án. Jn. 17, 23.
to fulfil
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  • Wítgiung geendad

    prophetia completa,

      Mt. p. 16, 15.

  • Ꝥ wére geendad (

    adimpleretur

    ) ꝥ gecueden wæs,
      Mt. L. 8, 17.
to fill
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  • Of onwrihnisse geendad

    revelatione saturatus,

      Mt. p. 9, 6.

  • Geendad wéron ðá færmo

    impletae sunt nubtiae,

      Mt. L. 22, 10.
of time
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  • Æfter ðon geendad wéron dagas æhto

    postquam consummati sunt dies octo,

      Lk. L. R. 2, 21: 4, 2.

  • Geendade,

      2, 43.
intrans.
To come to an end
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  • Bidden wé Drihten þæs leóhtes þe nǽfre ne geendað, Bl. H. 21, 13. ¶ of persons,

    to die

    :-- Þá þe wel geendiað,
      Hml. Th. ii. 526, 21.

  • Ðá Eádréd geendude,

      Cht. Th. 203, 11: Hml. S. 6, 350: 25, 155.

  • Gif hé on þám unrihte geendige ... Gif hí on þám geendigan,

      Ll. Th. ii. 300, 18, 21.

  • Lǽt ús þurh þis fýr geendian,

      Hml. S. 30, 433: Hml. Th. i. 414, 8.

  • His twá dohtra gewiton fægre geendode (

    having made a fair end

    ), ii.
      298, 10.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. gi-endión: O. H. Ger. ge-entón consummare, finire, obire.]
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v. un-geendod.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-endian.” 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/47843.

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