geondscriþan

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Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ sċrīþan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /je͜ondˈʃriː.θɑn/,

Verb

ġeondsċrīþan

(transitive) to go through or about; to traverse
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  On þisre endebyrdnysse geondscrīð se circul his ryne...
  In this arrangement/order, the Zodiac traverses its course...

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeondsċrīþan (strong class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	ġeondsċrīþan	ġeondsċrīþenne
first person singular	ġeondsċrīþe	ġeondsċrāþ
second person singular	ġeondsċrīst	ġeondsċride
third person singular	ġeondsċrīþþ, ġeondsċrīþ	ġeondsċrāþ
plural	ġeondsċrīþaþ	ġeondsċridon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeondsċrīþe	ġeondsċride
plural	ġeondsċrīþen	ġeondsċriden
imperative
singular	ġeondsċrīþ
plural	ġeondsċrīþaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeondsċrīþende	ġeondsċriden

Derived terms

ġeondsċrīþing f (“a going about, traversal”)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geondscriþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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