v. (st.)
Gaw past sg. gete; pp. geten; Cl pp. geten; Erk past 3 sg. gete; WA infin. gett, pres. 2 sg. gettis, pres. pl. geet, past sg. gat, gatt, past pl. gate, pp. geten, gettyn, imp. getis
‘to get, seize, fetch, procure, capture; beget' (Modern English get)
PGmc Ancestor
*getan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
geta 'get, engender'
(ONP geta (2) (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far gita, Icel geta, Norw gita, gjeta, Dan gide, OSw gita, gæta, Sw gitta, Sw dial gäta
OE Cognate
(WS) -gietan, -gitan, -gytan, (Angl) -getan ‘to get, obtain’
Phonological and morphological markers
absence of palatalization of */ɡ/
Summary category
A1*c
Widespread from the 14c, but in the 13c tends to be restricted to the N and E.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1171, 1571, 1625 etc.; Pe 95; Cl 1505; Pat 212, 423; Erk 241; WA 188, 473, 756 etc.
PS introduce a further instance of the v. at Gaw 1255, by emending MS <þat þt> to *gat þat. MS A reading <getis> at WA 2468 is always emended for metrical reasons to follow the D MS reading <nemmys>.