getacnian

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ tācnian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtɑːk.ni.ɑn/

Verb

ġetācnian

1. to signify, denote, mean
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Nū synd sume men þe nyton hwæt sē nama [Cathedra Sancti Petri] ġetacnaþ.

     Now there are some men who don't know what the name Cathedra Sancti Petri means.

2. (literal) to sign, mark
3. to mark as a witness; to set one's seal
4. to represent symbolically, be the symbol of
5. to prefigure

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġetācnian (weak class 2)

infinitive	ġetācnian	ġetācnienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġetācniġe	ġetācnode
second person singular	ġetācnast	ġetācnodest
third person singular	ġetācnaþ	ġetācnode
plural	ġetācniaþ	ġetācnodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġetācniġe	ġetācnode
plural	ġetācniġen	ġetācnoden
imperative
singular	ġetācna
plural	ġetācniaþ
participle	present	past
	ġetācniende	ġetācnod

Synonyms

• ġebēacnian
• ġemearcian

Derived terms

• ġetācnung f

Related terms

• ġetācniġendlīċ
• ġetācniġendlīċe

References

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