þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two:
bealonīð
and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret.
Beowulf
m.
, _keel_, figuratively for the ship: nom.
sg.
, 1913; acc.
sg.
cēol, 38, 238; gen.
sg.
cēoles, 1807.
cēosan, st.
v.
, _to choose_, hence, _to assume_: inf.
þone cynedōm cīosan
wolde, _would assume the royal dignity_, 2377; _to seek_: pret.
subj.
ǣr hē
bǣl cure, _before he sought his funeral-pile_ (before he died), 2819.
ge-cēosan, _to choose, to elect_: gerund, tō gecēosenne cyning ǣnigne
(sēlran), _to choose a better king_, 1852; imp.
þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two:
bealonīð
and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret.
hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i.
e.
died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret.
part.
acc.
pl.
hæfde .
.
.
cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w.
v.
, _to turn, to change_: inf.
ne meahte .
.
