geondsawan
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to ġeond- + sāwan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġeondsāwan
- (transitive, accusative) to sow, scatter, or spread around; to disseminate
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
- Dēawdriās on dæge weorþeþ winde geondsāwen.
- The dew-fall in day is scattered by the wind.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ġeondsāwan (strong class 7)
infinitive | ġeondsāwan | ġeondsāwenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġeondsāwe | ġeondsēow |
second person singular | ġeondsǣwst | ġeondsēowe |
third person singular | ġeondsǣwþ | ġeondsēow |
plural | ġeondsāwaþ | ġeondsēowon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġeondsāwe | ġeondsēowe |
plural | ġeondsāwen | ġeondsēowen |
imperative | ||
singular | ġeondsāw | |
plural | ġeondsāwaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġeondsāwende | ġeondsāwen |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geondsawan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.