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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to ġeond- + sēċan.
Pronunciation
Verb
ġeondsēċan
- (transitive) to search thoroughly, investigate
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:His intinga wæs geondsōhte.- His business was thoroughly searched.
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:Ðæt Godes lēohtfæt gindsēcð ealle ðā dīogolnesse ðǣre wambe.- The lamp of God investigates all the womb's secrets.
- (transitive) to pervade
1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:Se gifra gæst grundas geondsēceþ.- The greedy guest shall pervade earth.
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