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ge-langian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to call, summon.
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  • Cieo and

    cio

    ic gelangige oððe gelaðige,
      Ælfc. Gr. 220, 11.
to send for a person,
call a meeting
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  • Ic áxie þone intingan hwí þú mé gelangodest

    interrogo quam ob causam aceessistis me,

      Hml. S. 10, 135.

  • Gelangige (

    convocet

    ) se abbod ealle gegæderunge,
      R. Ben. I. 17, 12.

  • Hét se bisceop hí gelangian,

      Hml. S. 2, 74: 23, 761: 34, 204.
to send for a person to come to another.
with dat.
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  • Gelangiað mé ðone martyr Mercurium,

      Hml. Th. i. 450, 31.
with tó,
preceding the dat.
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  • Gelanga hine tó þé

    accessi eum,

      Hml. S. 10, 142.

  • Hí gelangigan hider tó þám bisceope,

      23, 680.

  • Hé hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 310, 11.
following the dat.
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  • Gelangode hé him tó his ercediácon,

      Hml. S. 31, 1387.

  • Hé hét him gelangian þá gelýfedan men tó,

      3, 94.

  • Hé hét gelangian him tó ealle ðá burhwara tógædere,

      23, 20.
to get hold of
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  • Gif hit þeóf beó, and gif hé hine binnan twelf mónðum gelangian mæge, ágife hine tó rihte,

      Ll. Th. i. 268, 11.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-langón to attain.]
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v. ge-lengan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-langian.” 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/48573.

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