gestrynan

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Old English

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Etymology

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Equivalent to ġe- +‎ strȳnan

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ġestrȳnan

  1. to get, gain, acquire
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      ...Gyf ðū ēnigne gōdne heorde hæbbe þe wel cunne healdan þæt þæt þū gestrēone and him befæste, scēawa hyne me;
      If thou have any good steward that can well hold that which thou gettest and committest unto him, show him to me;...
  2. to beget, procreate
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 1:2
      Sōðlīċe Ābraham ġestrȳdne Isaāc; Isaāc ġestrȳdne Iacob; Iacob ġestrȳdne Iudam and his ġebrōðra
      Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren

Conjugation

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