geinnian
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈin.ni.ɑn/
Verb
ġeinnian
- to restore
- (a) property to a rightful owner
- (b) a person to a position
- to replace, fill in for, supplement
- to make up for, repair
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"
- 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"
- to bring in, put up, lodge
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġeinnian (weak class 2)
| infinitive | ġeinnian | ġeinnienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ġeinniġe | ġeinnode |
| second person singular | ġeinnast | ġeinnodest |
| third person singular | ġeinnaþ | ġeinnode |
| plural | ġeinniaþ | ġeinnodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ġeinniġe | ġeinnode |
| plural | ġeinniġen | ġeinnoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ġeinna | |
| plural | ġeinniaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ġeinniende | ġeinnod | |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEINNIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEINNIAN supplementary input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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