gestrynan

Old English

Equivalent to ġe- +‎ strȳnan

ġestrȳnan

to get, gain, acquire
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  ...Gyf ðū ēnigne gōdne heorde hæbbe þe wel cunne healdan þæt þæt þū gestrēone and him befæste, scēawa hyne me;
  If thou have any good steward that can well hold that which thou gettest and committest unto him, show him to me;...
to beget, procreate
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 1:2
  Sōðlīċe Ābraham ġestrȳdne Isaāc; Isaāc ġestrȳdne Iacob; Iacob ġestrȳdne Iudam and his ġebrōðra
  Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren

Conjugation of ġestrȳnan (weak class 1)

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