GEAT
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§5;
§72;
§78;
§179;
§183;
§315;
§316;
§344;
A gate, door; porta, ostium, jānua
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Ic eom sceápa geat
ego sum ostium ŏvium,
- Jn. Bos. 10, 7, 9 : 10, 1, 2.
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Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd
intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est,
- Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14.
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Ðǽr is geat gylden
there is the golden gate,
- Cd. 227 ;
- Th. 305, 19 ;
- Sat. 649.
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Þurh ðæs wealles geat
through the gate of the wall,
- Judth. 11 ;
- Thw. 23, 32 ;
- Jud. 151 : Exon. 71 b ;
- Th. 266, 21 ;
- Jul. 401.
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Ðá he geneálǽhte ðære ceastre gate
cum appropinquāret portæ civĭtātis,
- Lk. Bos. 7, 12.
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Heó ðæt geat ðæs mynstres ontýnde
illa apĕruit jānuam Monastērii,
- Bd. 3, 11 ;
- S. 536, 18.
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Ða gyldnan geatu hát ontýnan
bid open the golden gates,
- Exon. I I b ;
- Th. 16, 10 ;
- Cri. 251 : 16 a ;
- Th. 36, 15 ;
- Cri. 576.
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Opnyaþ me gatu rihtwísnysse
apĕrīte mihi portas justĭtiæ,
- Ps. Spl. 117, 19 : Exon. 12 b ;
- Th. 20, 15 ;
- Cri. 318.
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On gaton
in portis,
- Ps. Th. 126, 6.
Etymology
Piers P. yates, pl. gates; gate a way
: Chauc. yate a gate; gate a street, way
: Laym. ȝæt
: Orm. ȝate a gate; gate a way
: Scot. yet, yett a gate
: O. Sax. gat, n. a hole
: Frs. gat
: O. Frs. gat, iet, n. a hole
: Dut. gat, n. a hole
: Ger. gasse. f. a thoroughfare, narrow road
: M. H. Ger. gat, n. a hole; gazze, f. a narrow road
: O. H. Ger. gaza, f. vīcus, plălea
: Goth. gatwo, f. plătea
: Dan. gat, m. f. an aperture, opening
: Swed. gata, f . a street, lane
: Icel. gat, n. a hole; gata, f. a way.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
v.
helle-geat.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “GEAT.” 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/13544.
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