Participles
| Present | ġeġearciende |
| Past | ġeġearcod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġeġearciġe |
| 2nd sing. | ġeġearcast |
| 3rd sing. | ġeġearcaþ |
| 1st plur. | ġeġearciaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġeġearciaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġeġearciaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeġearcode |
| 2nd sing. | ġeġearcodest |
| 3rd sing. | ġeġearcode |
| 1st plur. | ġeġearcodon |
| 2nd plur. | ġeġearcodon |
| 3rd plur. | ġeġearcodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġeġearciġe |
| 2nd sing. | ġeġearciġe |
| 3rd sing. | ġeġearciġe |
| 1st plur. | ġeġearciġen |
| 2nd plur. | ġeġearciġen |
| 3rd plur. | ġeġearciġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeġearcode |
| 2nd sing. | ġeġearcode |
| 3rd sing. | ġeġearcode |
| 1st plur. | ġeġearcoden |
| 2nd plur. | ġeġearcoden |
| 3rd plur. | ġeġearcoden |
Imperative
| Singular | ġeġearca |
| Plural | ġeġearciaþ |
Verbs similar to 'gegearcian'
gegearwian,
gemearcian,
gearcian,
geeardian,
geearnian,
amearcian,
beweardian,
cearcian,
gearwian,
geascian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gagarwakōn, equivalent to ġe- + ġearcian.
Sample Sentences
-
c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
-
God ða ġegearcode ænne hwǽl, and hé forswealh þone wítegan, and abǽr hine to ðam lande þe he tó sceolde, and hine ðær út-aspáw. (God then prepared a whale, and it forswallowed the prophet, and bare him to the land whither he should go, and outspewed him there.)
-
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"
-
Þāðā hí noldon cuman to ðam giftum, ða sende hé eft, þus cweðende, "Secgað ðam gelaðodum, Efne, ic ġeġearcode mīne gōd, ic ofslóh mine fearras, and mine gemæstan fugelas, and ealle mine ðing ic ġearcode: cumað to þam giftum." (When they would not come to the marriage, he sent again, thus saying, "Say to those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my meats, I have slain my oxen and my fatted fowls, and have prepared all my things: come to the marriage.")
Cognates
-