gesmeagan

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ smēaġan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈsmæ͜ɑː.jɑn/

Verb

ġesmēaġan

1. to search
2. to examine
3. to consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġesmēaġan (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġesmēaġan	ġesmēaġenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġesmēaġe	ġesmēade
second person singular	ġesmēast	ġesmēadest
third person singular	ġesmēaþ	ġesmēade
plural	ġesmēaġaþ	ġesmēadon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġesmēaġe	ġesmēade
plural	ġesmēaġen	ġesmēaden
imperative
singular	ġesmēa
plural	ġesmēaġaþ
participle	present	past
	ġesmēaġende	ġesmēad

Derived terms

• ġesmēagung f (“consideration”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠESMĒAGAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠESMĒAGAN supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.