geondsceawian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ scēawian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜ondˈskæ͜ɑː.wi.ɑn/

Verb

ġeondscēawian

1. (transitive) to look through, at, or about; to survey
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
     grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
     seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

     when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
     greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
     comrades of men. They often swim away.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeondscēawian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġeondscēawian	ġeondscēawienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeondscēawiġe	ġeondscēawode
second person singular	ġeondscēawast	ġeondscēawodest
third person singular	ġeondscēawaþ	ġeondscēawode
plural	ġeondscēawiaþ	ġeondscēawodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeondscēawiġe	ġeondscēawode
plural	ġeondscēawiġen	ġeondscēawoden
imperative
singular	ġeondscēawa
plural	ġeondscēawiaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeondscēawiende	ġeondscēawod

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geondsceawian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.