geswutelian

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeswuteligan, ġeswytelian, ġesweotulian, ġesweotlian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈswu.te.li.ɑn/

Verb

ġeswutelian

1. to reveal, show, declare, manifest, explain
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence"

     Se tún-gerefa Ypolitus cwæð ða to ðam diacone, "Ġeswutela me ðære cyrcan madmas." Laurentius cwæð, "Eala ðu Ypolite, gif ðu gelyfst on God Fæder, and on his Sunu Hælend Crist, ic ðe Ġeswuteliġe ða madmas, and þæt ece líf behate."

     The town-reeve, Hippolytus, said to the deacon, "Show me the church's treasures." Lawrence answered, "O thou Hippolytus, if thou wilt believe in God the Father, and in his Son Jesus Christ, I will show thee the treasures, and promise thee everlasting life."

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeswutelian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	ġeswutelian	ġeswutelienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġeswuteliġe	ġeswutelode
second person singular	ġeswutelast	ġeswutelodest
third person singular	ġeswutelaþ	ġeswutelode
plural	ġeswuteliaþ	ġeswutelodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġeswuteliġe	ġeswutelode
plural	ġeswuteliġen	ġeswuteloden
imperative
singular	ġeswutela
plural	ġeswuteliaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeswuteliende	ġeswutelod

Related terms

• sweotol (“clear, intelligible, evident, distinct”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-swutelian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.