"getacnian" meaning in Old English

See getacnian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jeˈtɑːk.ni.ɑn/
Etymology: Equivalent to ġe- + tācnian. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|ġe|tācnian}} ġe- + tācnian Head templates: {{ang-verb|ġetācnian}} ġetācnian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġetācnian<w2>}} Forms: ġetācnian [canonical], weak [table-tags], ġetācnian [infinitive], ġetācnienne [infinitive], ġetācniġe [first-person, present, singular], ġetācnode [first-person, past, singular], ġetācnast [present, second-person, singular], ġetācnodest [past, second-person, singular], ġetācnaþ [present, singular, third-person], ġetācnode [past, singular, third-person], ġetācniaþ [plural, present], ġetācnodon [past, plural], ġetācniġe [present, singular], ġetācnode [past, singular], ġetācniġen [plural, present], ġetācnoden [past, plural], ġetācna [imperative, past, present, singular], ġetācniaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġetācniende [imperative, present], ġetācnod [imperative, past]
  1. to signify, denote, mean
    Sense id: en-getacnian-ang-verb-ZGxnQK0s Categories (other): Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 13 13 31 26 17
  2. (literal) to sign, mark
    Sense id: en-getacnian-ang-verb-Ku4tcOo2 Categories (other): Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 13 13 31 26 17
  3. to mark as a witness; to set one's seal
    Sense id: en-getacnian-ang-verb-GDn-0dob Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ge-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Law, Religion Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 56 19 10 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 13 13 31 26 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 76 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 80 5 7 Disambiguation of Law: 0 0 92 8 0 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 100 0 0
  4. to represent symbolically, be the symbol of
    Sense id: en-getacnian-ang-verb-upHHUPHI Categories (other): Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 13 13 31 26 17
  5. to prefigure
    Sense id: en-getacnian-ang-verb-jesdxdk3 Categories (other): Old English terms prefixed with ge- Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 13 13 31 26 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġebēacnian, ġemearcian Derived forms: ġetācnung [feminine] Related terms: ġetācniġendlīċ, ġetācniġendlīċe
Categories (other): Communication, Divination Disambiguation of Communication: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Divination: 0 0 0 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ang",
      "name": "Communication",
      "orig": "ang:Communication",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    },
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ang",
      "name": "Divination",
      "orig": "ang:Divination",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġetācnung"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġe",
        "3": "tācnian"
      },
      "expansion": "ġe- + tācnian",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to ġe- + tācnian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ġetācnian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġetācnian"
      },
      "expansion": "ġetācnian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġetācnian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġetācniġendlīċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġetācniġendlīċe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 31 26 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now there are some men who don't know what the name Cathedra Sancti Petri means.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nNū synd sume men þe nyton hwæt sē nama [Cathedra Sancti Petri] ġetacnaþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to signify, denote, mean"
      ],
      "id": "en-getacnian-ang-verb-ZGxnQK0s",
      "links": [
        [
          "signify",
          "signify"
        ],
        [
          "denote",
          "denote"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 31 26 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sign, mark"
      ],
      "id": "en-getacnian-ang-verb-Ku4tcOo2",
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to sign, mark"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 56 19 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 31 26 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 76 6 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 80 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 92 8 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "ang:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "ang:Religion",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mark as a witness; to set one's seal"
      ],
      "id": "en-getacnian-ang-verb-GDn-0dob",
      "links": [
        [
          "witness",
          "witness"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 31 26 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to represent symbolically, be the symbol of"
      ],
      "id": "en-getacnian-ang-verb-upHHUPHI",
      "links": [
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "symbolically",
          "symbolically"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 13 31 26 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to prefigure"
      ],
      "id": "en-getacnian-ang-verb-jesdxdk3",
      "links": [
        [
          "prefigure",
          "prefigure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈtɑːk.ni.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġebēacnian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ġemearcian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "getacnian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms prefixed with ge-",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Communication",
    "ang:Divination",
    "ang:Law",
    "ang:Religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ġetācnung"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġe",
        "3": "tācnian"
      },
      "expansion": "ġe- + tācnian",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to ġe- + tācnian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ġetācnian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācniende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetācnod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġetācnian"
      },
      "expansion": "ġetācnian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġetācnian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ġetācniġendlīċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġetācniġendlīċe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now there are some men who don't know what the name Cathedra Sancti Petri means.",
          "text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nNū synd sume men þe nyton hwæt sē nama [Cathedra Sancti Petri] ġetacnaþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to signify, denote, mean"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "signify",
          "signify"
        ],
        [
          "denote",
          "denote"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sign, mark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sign",
          "sign"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) to sign, mark"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mark as a witness; to set one's seal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witness",
          "witness"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to represent symbolically, be the symbol of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "symbolically",
          "symbolically"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to prefigure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prefigure",
          "prefigure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈtɑːk.ni.ɑn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ġebēacnian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġemearcian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "getacnian"
}

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