Old English

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Etymology

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From ġe- +‎ þīedan.

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ġeþīedan (Early West Saxon)

  1. to join, unite, connect, associate
    • "Genesis", chapter 2, verse 24
      For þām forlǣt sē man fæder and mōder and ġeþēot hine tō his wīfe, and hīġ bēoþ būtū on ānum flǣsċe.
      Therefore a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
    • "Boethius", 16, 3
      Þæt is on þām sweotol þæt hī hīe simle tō þām gōdum ne ðēodað, ne ðā yfelan gōde ne ġedōð, þe hī hīe oftost tō geðēodaþ.
      This is evident in that, that they do not always join themselves to the good, nor make the evil good, which they most often join themselves to.
  2. to apply, adjust, translate
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project
      1. He ðám wordum sóna monig word to geþeódde.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. Ðonne mihte he ðara ríme geþeóded beón.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      3. He hét ðisne regul of læden-gereorde on englisc geþeódan.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

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