gesamnian

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġesomnian

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ samnian. Cognate with Old High German gisamanōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈsɑm.ni.ɑn/

Verb

ġesamnian

1. to collect, bring together, gather
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎^[1]:

     Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.

     I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with worship, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.

2. to congregate, come together, assemble
3. to join, draw together, unite

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġesamnian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġesamnian	ġesamnienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġesamniġe	ġesamnode
second person singular	ġesamnast	ġesamnodest
third person singular	ġesamnaþ	ġesamnode
plural	ġesamniaþ	ġesamnodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġesamniġe	ġesamnode
plural	ġesamniġen	ġesamnoden
imperative
singular	ġesamna
plural	ġesamniaþ
participle	present	past
	ġesamniende	ġesamnod

Synonyms

• gadrian
• ġefērlǣċan
• ġegadrian
• ġelogian
• samnian
• tōsamnian

Antonyms

• ādǣlan
• āþēodan
• āscēadan
• asyndran
• ġetwǣfan
• ōþþēodan
• tōtwǣman
• twifērlǣċan

Derived terms

• ġesamnung (“assembly, council”)

References

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