geondsawan

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġeond- +‎ sāwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜ondˈsɑː.wɑn/

Verb

ġeondsāwan

1. (transitive, accusative) to sow, scatter, or spread around; to disseminate
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Dēawdriās on dæge weorþeþ winde geondsāwen.

     The dew-fall in day is scattered by the wind.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeondsāwan (strong class 7)

infinitive	ġeondsāwan	ġeondsāwenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeondsāwe	ġeondsēow
second person singular	ġeondsǣwst	ġeondsēowe
third person singular	ġeondsǣwþ	ġeondsēow
plural	ġeondsāwaþ	ġeondsēowon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeondsāwe	ġeondsēowe
plural	ġeondsāwen	ġeondsēowen
imperative
singular	ġeondsāw
plural	ġeondsāwaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeondsāwende	ġeondsāwen

References

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