getacnian

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ tācnian.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtɑːkniɑn/

ġetācnian

1. to signify, betoken, denote
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Wæter ġetācnaþ on þissere stōwe mennisċ inġehyġd.

     Water in this place betokens human knowledge.

2. (literally) to sign, mark
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Þēah þe ǣġþer þissa burga þurh Godes dīeġelnessa þus ġetācnod wurde.

     However both of these cities got thus marked through the mysteries of God.

3. to mark as a witness; to set one's seal
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Hīe tācen seċġende wǣron þā þe Drihten sylf ġetācnode.

     They were telling signs which the Lord himself set as his seals.

4. to represent symbolically, be the symbol of
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Sēo hrēofl ġetācnaþ þæt wōhhǣmed.

     Rough skin is the symbol of fornication.

5. to prefigure, foretoken
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online

     Fugelas on swefenum sē þe ġesyhþ and mid him winneþ, saca sume hit ġetācnaþ.

     He who sees birds in dreams and struggles with them, it foretokens certain disputes.

• ġebēacnian
• ġemearcian

• ġetācnung f

• ġetācniġendlīċ
• ġetācniġendlīċe

• ĠETĀCNIAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• ĠETĀCNIAN supplementary entry in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary