getacnian

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ tācnian.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtɑːk.ni.ɑn/

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

• ġebēacnian
• ġemearcian

• ġetācnung f

• ġetācniġendlīċ
• ġetācniġendlīċe

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠETĀCNIAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠETĀCNIAN supplementary entry”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.