geondsecan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġindsēċan

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ sēċan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜ondˈseː.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

ġeondsēċan

1. (transitive) to search thoroughly, investigate
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     His intinga wæs geondsōhte.

     His business was thoroughly searched.

   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Ðæt Godes lēohtfæt gindsēcð ealle ðā dīogolnesse ðǣre wambe.

     The lamp of God investigates all the womb's secrets.

2. (transitive) to pervade
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Se gifra gæst grundas geondsēceþ.

     The greedy guest shall pervade earth.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeondsēċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ġeondsēċan	ġeondsēċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeondsēċe	ġeondsōhte
second person singular	ġeondsēċest, ġeondsēcst	ġeondsōhtest
third person singular	ġeondsēċeþ, ġeondsēcþ	ġeondsōhte
plural	ġeondsēċaþ	ġeondsōhton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeondsēċe	ġeondsōhte
plural	ġeondsēċen	ġeondsōhten
imperative
singular	ġeondsēċ
plural	ġeondsēċaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeondsēċende	ġeondsōht

References

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