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geár-getal

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geár-getal, l. -getæl,
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a number of years, years of existence,
age of a person
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  • Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales,

      Lch. ii. 284, 22.
age of the world
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  • Findan hú micel þæs geárgeteles is áurnen ... fram frymðe middaneardes tó ðám flóde,

      Angl. xi. 9, 1.
the number of days in a year (?)
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  • Dó hé ꝥ .vii. geárgetælu beón binnon þrím dagum þus gefadode ... Nime hé him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum,

      Ll. Th. ii. 286, 22.
  • Cf. winter-getæl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “geár-getal.” 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/47100.

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