gereordian

• ġereordan

From ġereord +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈre͜or.di.ɑn/, [jeˈre͜orˠ.di.ɑn]

ġereordian

1. to give food to, to feed
   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Ond on þone ylcan dæġ Crīst ġerēorde fīf þūsenda wera of fīf hlāfum ond of twām fisċum, ēac wīfum ond ċildum, þāra wæs unġerīm, ond þāra hlāfġebroca wæs tō lāfe twelf binna fulle.

     And on the same day, Christ fed five thousand men and numerous women and children with five loaves of bread and two fishes, and the remaining fragments of bread filled twelve baskets.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Nū is ūs ālȳfed, þurh lārēowa ealdordōm, þæt wē dæġhwomlice, on þyssere lenctenlīċan tīde, ūre lichaman ġerēordiġan mid forhæfednysse, and sȳfernysse, and clǣnnysse. Stuntlīċe fæst sē lenctenlīċ fæsten seðe on ðisum clǣnum tīman hine sylfne mid gālnysse befȳld. Unrihtlīċ bið þæt sē crīstena mann flǣsċlīċe lustas ġefremme on ðām tīman þe hē flæsċmettas forgān sċeal.

     Now it is permitted to us, through the authority of teachers, that we feed our bodies with restraint, moderation, and modesty every day of this Lenten tide. He who performs the Lenten fast while defiling himself with lust does so foolishly. It is unlawful for a Christian to indulge in carnal lusts during the time he should forgo meats.

2. to feast, dine, to take food (often with an accusative reflexive pronoun)
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þā sunderhālgan and ðā bōceras, þe beciddon þæt Crīst mid þām synfullum mannum hine ġerēordode, wǣron mid twyfealdum ġedwylde befangene...

     The Pharisees and the scribes who complained that Christ took meals with sinful men were possessed with a twofold error...

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