Old English

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Etymology

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Unknown. Apparently from a root *gor- (related to Old English gorian (to look, gaze)) +‎ -ettan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gorettan

  1. (intransitive) to let one's eyes wander.[1]
    • Hine lǣrð se dēofol þæt hē stande and gorette and lōciġe underbæc ūt.
      The devil teaches him to stand and look around and look back.
  2. (transitive) to pour forth.[1]

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gorettan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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