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GEÓ

  • adverb
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Grammar
GEÓ, gió; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§268;
Formerly, of old, before; quandam, olim, pridem
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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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Wæs ðis eálond geó gewurþad mid æðelestum ceastrum

    this island was formerly adorned with the noblest cities,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 473, 25
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Geó ǽr

    long before,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 589, 17
      • .

  • Geó dagum

    in days of old, formerly,

    • 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 605, note 2
      • .

  • Geó geára

    formerly,

    • Bt. 31, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 15
      • .

  • Geó hwílum

    in times of old, formerly,

    • 2
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 9
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. ju:
O. Sax. giu:
O. H. Ger. giu
.]
Linked entries
v.  gió giú þá iú geó-geára geó-geáre.
Entry information
Citation

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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  • GEÓ, adv.

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