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GEÁC

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
GEÁC, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
A cuckoo, gawk; cŭcūlus
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  • Geác

    cŭcūlus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 37
    • ;
    • Som. 63, 16
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 29, 38 : 63, 3 : 281, 31.
  • Geác monaþ geómran reorde, singeþ sumeres weard

    the cuckoo exhorts with mournful voice, summer's warden sings,

    • Exon. 82 a
    • ;
    • Th. 309, 6
    • ;
    • Seef. 53.
  • Siððan ðú gehýrde galan geómorne geác on bearwe

    when thou hast heard the sad cuckoo sing in the grove,

    • 123 b
    • ;
    • Th. 473, 30
    • ;
    • Bo. 22.
  • Geácas geár budon

    cuckoos announced the [time of] year,

    • Exon. 43 b
    • ;
    • Th. 146, 27
    • ;
    • Gú. 716.
  • Geáces súre, an; f.

    Cuckoo-sorrel, wood-sorrel;

    oxălis acetōsella,

    • Lin
  • Geáces súre vel þríléfe trifŏlium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 39
    • ;
    • Som. 63, 72
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 30, 24.
  • Genim geáces súran

    take cuckoo-sorrel,

    • L. M. 1, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 38, 14 : 1, 38
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 96, 22 : 3, 48
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 340, 2 : iii. 12, 30.
Etymology
[
Scot. gowk
:
Dut. koekoek, m
:
Ger. kuckuk, kukuk, gauch, m. a cuckoo, gawk, simpleton
:
M. H. Ger. gouch. m
:
O. H. Ger. gouch, gauch, m. cŭcūlus, stultus
:
Dan. gi248;g, m. f
:
Swed. gök, m
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Icel. gaukr, m
:
Fr. coucou, m
:
It. cuculo, m
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Span. cuco, cuclillo, m
:
Lat. cŭcūlus, m
:
Grk. κόκκυξ, m
:
Sansk. kokila, m.
]
Similar entries
v. Grm. D. M. pp. 640 sqq.
Linked entries
v.  gǽc iáces súre.
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