GEÓ
- adverb
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Ða lióþ ðe ic, wrecca, geó lustbǽrlíce song, ic sceal nu heófiende singan
the lays which I, an exile, formerly with delight sung, I shall now mourning sing,
- Bt. 2; Fox 4, 7: Bt. Met. Fox 10, 68; Met. 10, 34.
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Ðú wið Criste geó wunne
thou of old didst strive against Christ,
- Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 25; Jul. 420: 19 b; Th. 51, 11; Cri. 814: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 12; Gen. 2308: Menol. Fox 34; Men. 17.
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Wæs ðis eálond geó gewurþad mid æðelestum ceastrum
this island was formerly adorned with the noblest cities,
- Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 25.
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Geþenc se snottra fengel hwæt wit geó sprǽcon
do thou, sagacious prince, bear in mind what we have before spoken,
- Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476.
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Geó ǽr
long before,
- Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 17.
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Geó dagum
in days of old, formerly,
- 4, 27; S. 605, note 2.
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Geó geára
formerly,
- Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 15.
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Geó hwílum
in times of old, formerly,
- 2; Fox 4, 9.
Bosworth, Joseph. “GEÓ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15436.
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