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GEÁP

  • adjective
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Grammar
GEÁP, adj.
Open, spread out, extended, broad, roomy, spacious, wide; pătens, pătŭlus, amplus, lātus
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  • Gim sceal on hringe standan, steáp and geáp

    a gem shall stand in a ring, prominent and broad,

    • Menol. Fox 505
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 23.
  • Steáp and geáp

    high and wide,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 827
    • ;
    • Sal. 413.
  • Reced hlifade, geáp and goldfáh

    the mansion towered, spacious and golden-hued,

    • Beo. Th. 3604
    • ;
    • B. 1800.
  • Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal

    a mountain is about him, a lofty golden wall,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 511
    • ;
    • Sal. 256.
  • Sum sceal on geápum galgan rídan

    one shall ride on the extended gallows,

    • Exon. 87 b
    • ;
    • Th. 239, 12
    • ;
    • Vy. 33.
  • Under geápne hróf

    under the spacious roof,

    • Beo. Th. 1677
    • ;
    • B. 836.
Etymology
[Cf.
Icel. gaupn both hands held together in the form of a bowl; geypna to encompass.
]
Derived forms
horn-geáp, sǽ-
Full form

Word-wheel

  • GEÁP, adj.