| 释义 |
▪ I. † gete, n. Obs.
[cogn. w. next; cf. ON. gǽtr (pl.) heed, gǽtiliga heedfully.]
Heed, attention.
a1200Fragm. ælfric's Gram. (1838) 6 Nulleþ heo nimen gete.
Hence † ˈgeteless a., careless, heedless.
c1200Ormin 6190 Forr ȝiff þatt ȝho iss gætelæs & eȝȝelæs & wilde ȝho gillteþþ sket.
▪ II. † gete, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 gætenn, geaten, geite, 3–4 get(t, 4 geet, 3–5 gete. pa. tense 3–4 geit, gett(e. pa. pple. 3–4 get, gett(e, 4 gate.
[a. ON. gǽta (pa. tense gǽtte, pa. pple. gæ̂tt-r) to watch, tend:—orig. *gátjan, f. gát, gǫ́t fem., heed, attention, believed by some scholars to represent an OTeut. type *ga-ahtâ, f. *ga- (OE. ᵹe-, y-) + *ahtâ (OHG. ahta, Ger. acht) attention.
The word is chiefly northern, being especially frequent in the Cursor Mundi, in the later texts of which keep is sometimes substituted.]
1. trans. To watch, guard, take charge of (a person or place); to tend (cattle or sheep).
c1200Ormin 3765 Forr þatt teȝȝ sholldenn hirdess ben To ȝemenn hemm & gætenn. a1225Ancr. R. 50 Witeð þer our eien [T. wel itachet, & geateð wel þer owre ehne]. a1300Cursor M. 28279 Quare I was scheperd..To reckelesly i geit my schepe. c1300Havelok 2960 [He] bad Ubbe..Þat he sholde on ilke wise Denemark yeme and gete so, Þat no pleynte come him to. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 648 Loke wel þat þy schip be get; Lat non come vnder þy telde [etc.]. 1375Barbour Bruce xv. 264 The castell tuk he in his hand..and has set A gud wardane it for to get. c1400Destr. Troy 2113 Our goddes with grace get vs þerfro! c1420Avow. Arth. lix, He gafe me a castelle to gete With alle the lordschippus grete.
2. To keep, observe (a holy-day).
a1300Cursor M. 28261 Þe festes þat in kyrk ar sette Ic haue þam soth ful iuel gette.
Hence † ˈgeter, keeper, guardian. [= ON. gǽtir.]
c1400Destr. Troy 972 Ȝet merueld hym more how Mars was distroyed, Geter of his good and a god holdyn. Ibid. 11739 Thoantes..he heght þat was geeter of the god.
▪ III. gete
obs. f. get, jet; obs. pl. of goat. |