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GEÁP

  • adjective
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Grammar
GEÁP, adj.
Open, spread out, extended, broad, roomy, spacious, wide; pătens, pătŭlus, amplus, lātus
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  • Gim sceal on hringe standan, steáp and geáp

    a gem shall stand in a ring, prominent and broad,

    • Menol. Fox 505
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 23.

  • Steáp and geáp

    high and wide,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 827
      • ;
    • Sal. 413.

  • Reced hlifade, geáp and goldfáh

    the mansion towered, spacious and golden-hued,

    • Beo. Th. 3604
      • ;
    • B. 1800.

  • Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal

    a mountain is about him, a lofty golden wall,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 511
      • ;
    • Sal. 256.

  • Sum sceal on geápum galgan rídan

    one shall ride on the extended gallows,

    • Exon. 87 b
      • ;
    • Th. 239, 12
      • ;
    • Vy. 33.

  • Under geápne hróf

    under the spacious roof,

    • Beo. Th. 1677
      • ;
    • B. 836.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. gaupn both hands held together in the form of a bowl; geypna to encompass.
]
Derived forms
horn-geáp, sǽ-
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GEÁP.” 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/13460.

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