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geap

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
geap, gæp; comp, m. geappra, f. n. geappre; adj.
crooked, bent, curved; curvus, pandus
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  • Geap

    curvus,

    • Cot. 50.
  • Geap stæf

    a crooked letter,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 250
    • ;
    • Sal. 124 : 269
    • ;
    • Sal. 134.
  • Geapum, gebígedum

    pando,

    Mone
      B. 90.
not straightforward, deceitful, crafty, cunning, shrewd, astute; fallax, callĭdus, astūtus
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  • Geap

    callĭdus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 49, 11.
  • Seó næddre wæs geappre ðonne ealle ða óðre nýtenu

    serpens ĕrat callĭdior cunctis animantĭbus terræ,

    • Gen. 3, 1.
  • Cild geap

    an astute child,

    • Obs. Lun. § 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 184, 14 : § 9
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 188, 11.
Derived forms
hinder-geap
Linked entries
v.  gep hinder-geap gæp.
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  • geap, n.; adj.