GEÁR
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§5;
§51;
§124;
§172;
§188;
§268;
§343;
A YEAR; annus
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Óðer com geár
another year came,
- Beo. Th. 2272 ;
- B. 1134.
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Ðis wæs feorþes geáres his ríces
this was in the fourth year of his reign,
- Chr. 47 ;
- Th. 10, 13, col. 1.
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On geáre
in the year,
- Menol. Fox 218 ;
- Men. 110.
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Ðríwa on gére
thrice a year,
- Thw. Exod. 23, 17.
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Hæfde me éce geár ealle on móde
annos æternos in mente hăbui,
- Ps. Th. 76, 5 : Lk. Bos. 2, 36.
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Þreó and þritig geára
three and thirty years,
- Cd. 224 ;
- Th. 296, 16 ;
- Sat. 503.
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Geárum fród
old in years,
- l09 ;
- Th. 143, 19 ;
- Gen. 2381.
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Men hátaþ ðysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce ðes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne
men call this day [new] year's day, as if this day were the first in the year's circuit,
- Homl. Th. i. 98, 16.
Etymology
Wyc. ȝeer, ȝer, ȝeers, ȝerys years
: Piers P. yere
: Chauc. yer, yere
: R. Brun. ȝere
: Laym. Orm. ȝer
: Plat. jaar, jar, n
: O. Sax. gér, jár, n
: Frs. jier
: O. Frs. ier, iar, ger, n
: Dut. jaar, n
: Ger. jahr, jar, n
: M. H. Ger. jár, n
: O. H. Ger. jár, n
: Goth. yér, n
: Dan. aar, n
: Swed. år, n
: Icel. ár, n
: Bohem. gar, m. f. spring
: Zend. yáre, n. year.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
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gǽr.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “GEÁR.” 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/13470.
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