gelæccan
Old English
Verb
ġelæċċan
- to grab (sometimes violently: snatch, catch, apprehend)
- Iċ wille wyrd ġelæċċan be þǣre þrotan.
- I want to seize fate by the throat.
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 1009
- Hē wolde Wulnōþ ġelæċċan cwicne oþþe dēadne.
- He wanted to take Wulnoth dead or alive.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "St. Gregory the Great, Pope of Rome"
- Þæs cāseres hēahġerēfa Germānus ġelǣhte þone pistol æt Gregories ǣrendracan and hine tōtær.
- The emperor's prefect Germanus snatched the letter out of Gregory's messenger's hand and tore it to pieces.
- to pick up food
- to catch a disease
- to comprehend
Conjugation
Conjugation of ġelæċċan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | ġelæċċan | ġelæċċenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ġelæċċe | ġelǣhte |
| second person singular | ġelæċest | ġelǣhtest |
| third person singular | ġelæċeþ | ġelǣhte |
| plural | ġelæċċaþ | ġelǣhton |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ġelæċċe | ġelǣhte |
| plural | ġelæċċen | ġelǣhten |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ġelæċe | |
| plural | ġelæċċaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ġelæċċende | ġelǣht | |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-læccan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-læccan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-læccan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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