getacnian
Old English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editġetācnian
- to signify, denote, mean
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Nū synd sume men þe nyton hwæt sē nama [Cathedra Sancti Petri] ġetacnaþ.
- Now there are some men who don't know what the name Cathedra Sancti Petri means.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- (literal) to sign, mark
- to mark as a witness; to set one's seal
- to represent symbolically, be the symbol of
- to prefigure
Conjugation
editConjugation of ġetācnian (weak class 2)
infinitive | ġetācnian | ġetācnienne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġetācniġe | ġetācnode |
second person singular | ġetācnast | ġetācnodest |
third person singular | ġetācnaþ | ġetācnode |
plural | ġetācniaþ | ġetācnodon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġetācniġe | ġetācnode |
plural | ġetācniġen | ġetācnoden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġetācna | |
plural | ġetācniaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġetācniende | ġetācnod |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠETĀCNIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠETĀCNIAN supplementary entry”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.