hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe,
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.
Beowulf
gim-fæste gife (gim-, on
account of the following _f_), 1272; in weak form, gin-fæstan gife, 2183.
ginnan, st. v. , original meaning, _to be open, ready_; in
on-ginnan, _to begin, to undertake_: pret. oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman
fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð Bēowulfes snyttrum styrian, 872; þā
þæt sweord ongan . . . wanian, _the sword began to diminish_, 1606; Higelāc
ongan sīnne geseldan . . . fægre fricgean, _began with propriety to question
his companion_, 1984, etc. ; ongon, 2791; pret. pl. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman
ongunnon lindhæbbende, _no shield-bearing men e'er undertook more openly to
come hither_, 244; pret. part.
hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe,
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.
gist. See gæst.
gistran, adv. , _yesterday_: gystran niht, _yesterday night_, 1335.
git, pron. , _ye two_, dual of þū, 508, 512, 513, etc.
gīt, gȳt, adv. , _yet; then still_, 536, 1128, 1165, 2142; _hitherto_, 957;
nǣfre gīt, _never yet_, 583; _still_, 945, 1059, 1135; _once more_, 2513;
_moreover_, 47, 1051, 1867.
gitan (original meaning, _to take hold of, to seize, to attain_), in
be-gitan, w. acc. , _to grasp, to seize, to reach_: pret. sg. begeat, 1147,
2231; þā hine wīg beget, _when war seized him, came upon him_, 2873;
similarly, begeat, 1069; pret. pl. hit ǣr on þē gōde be-geāton, _good men
received it formerly from thee_, 2250; subj.
account of the following _f_), 1272; in weak form, gin-fæstan gife, 2183.
ginnan, st. v. , original meaning, _to be open, ready_; in
on-ginnan, _to begin, to undertake_: pret. oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman
fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð Bēowulfes snyttrum styrian, 872; þā
þæt sweord ongan . . . wanian, _the sword began to diminish_, 1606; Higelāc
ongan sīnne geseldan . . . fægre fricgean, _began with propriety to question
his companion_, 1984, etc. ; ongon, 2791; pret. pl. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman
ongunnon lindhæbbende, _no shield-bearing men e'er undertook more openly to
come hither_, 244; pret. part.
hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe,
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.
gist. See gæst.
gistran, adv. , _yesterday_: gystran niht, _yesterday night_, 1335.
git, pron. , _ye two_, dual of þū, 508, 512, 513, etc.
gīt, gȳt, adv. , _yet; then still_, 536, 1128, 1165, 2142; _hitherto_, 957;
nǣfre gīt, _never yet_, 583; _still_, 945, 1059, 1135; _once more_, 2513;
_moreover_, 47, 1051, 1867.
gitan (original meaning, _to take hold of, to seize, to attain_), in
be-gitan, w. acc. , _to grasp, to seize, to reach_: pret. sg. begeat, 1147,
2231; þā hine wīg beget, _when war seized him, came upon him_, 2873;
similarly, begeat, 1069; pret. pl. hit ǣr on þē gōde be-geāton, _good men
received it formerly from thee_, 2250; subj.
