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geond-stredan

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Substitute: geond-stregdan, geond-strédan; p. stregde, geond-strédde; pp. geond-stregd, -stréd To strew about, scatter about or over
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  • Ic geondstregde (-stréde,

    v. l.) spargo,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 172, 8.
to strew something about or
over
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  • Genipu swá swá axan hé geondstrǽt (

    spargit

    ),
      Ps. L. 147, 16.

  • Þæsma godcundre rihtwísnesse on his underþeóddera módum sý geondstregd (

    conspergatur

    ),
      R. Ben. 10, 19.

  • Ꝥ sǽd . . . gindstréd oððe onǽled, Lch. i. 252, 10: 264, 22. I a.

    to scatter, disperse :-- On ðeódum þú gindstræcdest (dispersisti )

    ús,
      Ps. L. 43, 12.
to strew an object with something,
sprinkle over with water, &c.
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  • Ic giondstreide

    aspersi (cubile meum myrrha ),

      Kent. Gl. 201.

  • Gendstrédde

    condivit, salivit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 58.

  • Mæssepreóst hig geondstregde (

    aspergat

    ) mid háligwætere,
      Ll. Th. ii. 234, 22.

  • Geondstréd mid swæcce þæs écan lífes, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 18. II a. to overspread :-- Eorendel geondstrét heofon

    aurora spargit polum,

      Hy. S. 30, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geond-stredan.” 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/49187.

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