geinnian

Meaning

1. to restore

   (a) property to a rightful owner

2. to replace, fill in for, supplement

3. to make up for, repair

   We lybbað mislice on twelf monðum: nu sceole we ure gymeleaste on þysne timan geinnian, and lybban Gode, we ðe oðrum timan us sylfum leofodon.

   We live diversely for twelve months: now we shall at this time repair our heedlessness, and live to God, we who at other times have lived for ourselves.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"

4. to bring in, put up, lodge

Conjugation