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Old English · verb

gereordian

Normalised ġereordian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/jeˈre͜or.di.ɑn/
[jeˈre͜orˠ.di.ɑn]
Syllables
je · ˈre͜or · di · ɑn (4 syllables)
Modern English
dine

Meaning

  1. to give food to, to feed

    Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.

    And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.

    late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
  2. to feast, dine, to take food (often with an accusative reflexive pronoun)

    Þā sunderhālgan and ðā bōceras, þe beciddon þæt Crīst mid þām synfullum mannum hine ġerēordode, wǣron mid twyfealdum ġedwylde befangene...

    The Pharisees and the scribes who complained that Christ took meals with sinful men were possessed with a twofold error...

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of gereordian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġereordiġeġereordode
2nd singular ġereordastġereordodest
3rd singular ġereordaþġereordode
Plural ġereordiaþġereordodon
Subjunctive
Singular ġereordiġeġereordode
Plural ġereordiġenġereordoden
Non-finite forms of gereordian
Form
Infinitive ġereordian
Inflected infinitive ġereordienne
Imperative singular ġereorda
Imperative plural ġereordiaþ
Present participle ġereordiende
Past participle ġereordod

All forms (14)

Etymology

From ġereord + -ian.

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