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geótan

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§135; §137; §163; §315; §316; §493;
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to pour, cause to flow.
the object a liquid or powder
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  • Aquarius, ꝥ is sé þe wæter gýt (geót, v. l. ),

      Lch. iii. 246, 5.

  • Hé geát on græswong háligra blód,

      Jul. 6.

  • Hí mid spere of mínre sídan swát út guton,

      Cri. 1449.

  • Geót on bollan,

      Lch. ii. 50, 12.

  • Geót on múð ꝥ ilce dúst, 140, 2. (aa) to shed tears :-- Ealle teáras guton

    omnes lacrimas fundunt,

      Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 523, 7.
with a non-material object
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  • Sió slǽwð giétt slǽp on ðone monnan

    pigredo immittit soporem,

      Past. 283, 6.

  • Hí gártorn geótað gífrum deófle,

      Sal. 145.
to pour away, squander
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  • Þæt hé ne ágǽle gǽstes þearfe, ne on gylp geóte,

      Cri. 818.
to found, cast, make with molten metal
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  • Wurdon tóbrocene þǽra hǽþenra goda anlícnyssa þurh þǽra manna handa þe hí macodon and guton,

      Hml. S. 29, 181.
intrans.
to pour with a liquid
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  • Hí teárum geótað,

      Cri. 1567.
to pour, flow, gush,
of the (violent) motion of a liquid (lit. or fig. )
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  • Léton geótan háte streámas,

      Ruin. 43.

  • Geótende streám unrihtwísnessa mé gedréfdon

    torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me,

      Ps. Th. 17, 4.

  • Flód ofslóh, gifen geótende, giganta cyn,

      B. 1690.

  • Geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg,

      An. 1592.
of the motion of many bodies
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  • Þá gástas on ǽlce healfe in guton

    subeuntibus ab undique illis,

      Guth. Gr. 127, 109.
of a non-material object, e. g. speech
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  • Geótende gielp

    boasting that pours forth in floods,

      Fä. 41.
Similar entries
v. geond-geótan, in-geótan, of-geótan; blód-geótende, teár-geótende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geótan.” 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/49247.

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