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GEAT

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
GEAT, gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §72; §78; §179; §183; §315; §316; §344;
A gate, door; porta, ostium, jānua
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  • Ic eom sceápa geat

    ego sum ostium ŏvium,

    • Jn. Bos. 10, 7, 9 : 10, 1, 2.
  • Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd

    intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est,

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14.
  • Ðǽr is geat gylden

    there is the golden gate,

    • Cd. 227
    • ;
    • Th. 305, 19
    • ;
    • Sat. 649.
  • Þurh ðæs wealles geat

    through the gate of the wall,

    • Judth. 11
    • ;
    • Thw. 23, 32
    • ;
    • Jud. 151 : Exon. 71 b
    • ;
    • Th. 266, 21
    • ;
    • Jul. 401.
  • Ðá he geneálǽhte ðære ceastre gate

    cum appropinquāret portæ civĭtātis,

    • Lk. Bos. 7, 12.
  • Heó ðæt geat ðæs mynstres ontýnde

    illa apĕruit jānuam Monastērii,

    • Bd. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 536, 18.
  • Ða gyldnan geatu hát ontýnan

    bid open the golden gates,

    • Exon. I I b
    • ;
    • Th. 16, 10
    • ;
    • Cri. 251 : 16 a
    • ;
    • Th. 36, 15
    • ;
    • Cri. 576.
  • Opnyaþ me gatu rihtwísnysse

    apĕrīte mihi portas justĭtiæ,

    • Ps. Spl. 117, 19 : Exon. 12 b
    • ;
    • Th. 20, 15
    • ;
    • Cri. 318.
  • On gaton

    in portis,

    • Ps. Th. 126, 6.
Etymology
[
Piers P. yates, pl. gates; gate a way
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Chauc. yate a gate; gate a street, way
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Laym. ȝæt
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Orm. ȝate a gate; gate a way
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Scot. yet, yett a gate
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O. Sax. gat, n. a hole
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Frs. gat
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O. Frs. gat, iet, n. a hole
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Dut. gat, n. a hole
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Ger. gasse. f. a thoroughfare, narrow road
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M. H. Ger. gat, n. a hole; gazze, f. a narrow road
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O. H. Ger. gaza, f. vīcus, plălea
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Goth. gatwo, f. plătea
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Dan. gat, m. f. an aperture, opening
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Swed. gata, f . a street, lane
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Icel. gat, n. a hole; gata, f. a way.
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Derived forms
ben-geat, burh-, fæsten-, hord-, weall-
Linked entries
v.  helle-geat.
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