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geán

  • preposition
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Grammar
geán, prep.
Against, over against, on the opposite side; contra
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  • Mónaþ is ðonne se móna gecyrþ niwe fram ðære sunnan, óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán

    a month is when the moon returns new from the sun, until it [the moon] again comes opposite it [the sun],

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl, science 8, 13
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 248, 17, note 30.
  • On ðæm clife on ðæm is geán bearwum

    on the cliff which is over against the woods,

    • Blickl. Homl. 209, 35.
Etymology
[
Orm. ȝæn
.]
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v. on-geán.
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