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Old English · verb

gegaderian

Normalised ġegaderian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/jeˈɡɑ.de.ri.ɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈɡɑ · de · ri · ɑn (5 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to gather, set, or bring together, unite into a whole

    On ðām ðriddan dæġe ūre drihten ġegaderode ðā sǣlīċan ȳða fram ðǣre eorðan brādnysse. Sēo eorðe wæs æt fruman eall unġesewenlīċ forðām ðe hēo eall wæs mid ȳðum oferðeht, ac God hī āsyndrode fram ðām sǣlīċum ȳðum on hyre āgenne stede.

    On the third day, our Lord gathered the waves of the sea from the surface of the earth. At first the ground was invisible because it was all covered with waves, but God separated it from the waves of the sea into its own place.

    c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil:
  2. to compose, join something which is broken

  3. to collect or gather into a council, assembly, meeting

    Đǣr wæs prēosta hēap, miċel muneca ðrēat, mīne ġefrēġe glēawra ġegaderod. There was a group of priests, a throng of many monks, of wise ones assembled,

    so I've heard

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  4. to come together in agreement, unite, agree

Conjugation

Conjugation of gegaderian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġegaderiġeġegaderode
2nd singular ġegaderastġegaderodest
3rd singular ġegaderaþġegaderode
Plural ġegaderiaþġegaderodon
Subjunctive
Singular ġegaderiġeġegaderode
Plural ġegaderiġenġegaderoden
Non-finite forms of gegaderian
Form
Infinitive ġegaderian
Inflected infinitive ġegaderienne
Imperative singular ġegadera
Imperative plural ġegaderiaþ
Present participle ġegaderiende
Past participle ġegaderod

All forms (14)

Etymology

From ġe- + gaderian.

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