geinnian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ innian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈin.ni.ɑn/

Verb

ġeinnian

1. to restore

   (a) property to a rightful owner

   (b) a person to a position

2. to replace, fill in for, supplement
3. to make up for, repair
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"

     We lybbað mislice on twelf monðum: nu sceole we ure gymeleaste on þysne timan geinnian, and lybban Gode, we ðe oðrum timan us sylfum leofodon.

     We live diversely for twelve months: now we shall at this time repair our heedlessness, and live to God, we who at other times have lived for ourselves.

4. to bring in, put up, lodge

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeinnian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġeinnian	ġeinnienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeinniġe	ġeinnode
second person singular	ġeinnast	ġeinnodest
third person singular	ġeinnaþ	ġeinnode
plural	ġeinniaþ	ġeinnodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeinniġe	ġeinnode
plural	ġeinniġen	ġeinnoden
imperative
singular	ġeinna
plural	ġeinniaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeinniende	ġeinnod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEINNIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEINNIAN supplementary input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.