gefætan

Meaning

1. to pack, load

   Ðā menn ðe tō ðām dyrstiġe bēoð þæt hī þæt gold nimen, þonne lǣdað hī mid him olfenda mȳran mid hyra folan ⁊ stēdan. Þā folan hī ġetīġað ǣr hī ofer þā ēa faran. Þæt gold hī ġefǣtað on ðā mȳran ⁊ his sylfe onsittað ⁊ þā stēdan þǣr forlǣtað.

   Those who are bold enough to take the gold bring with them male camels and female camels with their calves. They tie up the calves before they cross over the river. They load the gold on the mares, and sit on them themselves, and leave the males there.

   Wonders of the East

2. to impose

Conjugation