geinnian

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ innian.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈin.ni.ɑn/

ġeinnian

1. to restore

   (a) property to a rightful owner

   (b) a person to a position

2. to replace, fill in for, supplement
3. 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.

4. to bring in, put up, lodge

• 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.