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Wright's OE grammar
§124;
Take here iá in Dict., and add;
where a question is answered in the affirmative.
where the question is put positively
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  • Sume

    aduerbia

    syndon

    con- vel adfirmatiua

    . . . mid ðám wé áséðað úre sprǽce.

    Etiam

    geá

    :

    manducasti hodie

    ? ǽt ðú tódæg ?

    etiam feci

    geá, ic dyde,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 226, 10-13.

  • Hæfst þú ǽnig gedeorf ? Geá, leóf, ic hæbbe

    (etiam, habeo)

    ,
    • Coll. M. 20, 11, 35.

  • Canst þú temian hig? Geá, ic cann,

    • 25, 23.

  • Gelýfst þú þæs. . . ? Geá, ic hys gelífe,

    • Solil. H. 18, 8
      • :
    • 20, 20.

  • Hweðer þú wille beón blíde? Geá lá geá,

    • 34, 11.
where the question is put negatively
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  • Ne canst þú huntian búton mid nettum? Geá (etiam), bútan nettum huntian ic mæg,

    • Coll. M. 21, 23.
    ;

  • 'Láruua iúr ne unhand cáseres gæfel?' ; Cueð: ; 'Gee (gǽ, R. etiam)',

    • Mt. L. 17, 25.
where agreement or consent is expressed
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  • Manige fédaþ þá getemedon ofer sumor. Geá (etiam), swá hig dóþ,

    • Coll. M. 26, 17.

  • Mé þincð nú þæt þé þince þæt. . . Geá, swá mé þincð,

    • Solil. H. 20, 9.
      • ;

  • 'Gif þú þone man tó mé gelǽdest . . . ic wille gelýfan.'; Volosianus hym andswarode, and þus cwæð: '; Geá, '; hláford, and gif ic swylcne man geméte, hwylce méde sceal ic hym behátan?, ';

    • Hml. A. 188, 200.

  • Geá lá gę̄

    amen

    ,
    • Ps. Rdr. p. 302, 18.
in the
  • Lind.
and
  • Rush.
Glosses, and in
  • Rtl.
the word is used as an emphatic particle glossing etiam, jam, and as an alternative for sóþ, sóþlíce, witodlíce
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  • Gée ł éc sóð

    etiam

    ,
    • Mt. p. 12, 15.

  • Gǽ ł sóðlíce,

    • Mt. L. 11. 9.

  • Geé ł sóðlíce,

    • 12, 8.

  • Wutetlíce ł gé ðéh ðe seel sié

    etiamsi oportuerit

    ,
    • 26, 35.

  • Gée

    etiam

    ,
    • Mt. p. 14, 13
      • :
    • Rtl. 22, 15.

  • Gee,

    • Mk. L. 13, 22.

  • Gee (gé, R.) ł sóðlíce

    iam

    ,
    • Mk. L. 8, 2.

  • Sóð ł gee,

    • 12, 34.

  • Gee ł uutudlíce,

    • Jn. L. 9, 27.

  • Gée,

    • Jn. L. 14, 19
      • :
    • 21, 6.

  • Geé (gee, R.),

    • 16, 16
      • :
    • 19, 33.

  • Gee,

    • 16, 32
      • :
    • 4, 51.

  • Giee,

    • Mk. L. 15, 44.

  • Gí,

    • Mk. R. 15, 42.
Entry information
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geá.” 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/46978.

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