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GEÁR

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
GEÁR, gér, gǽr, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §51; §124; §172; §188; §268; §343;
A YEAR; annus
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  • Óðer com geár

    another year came,

    • Beo. Th. 2272
    • ;
    • B. 1134.
  • Ðis wæs feorþes geáres his ríces

    this was in the fourth year of his reign,

    • Chr. 47
    • ;
    • Th. 10, 13, col. 1.
  • On geáre

    in the year,

    • Menol. Fox 218
    • ;
    • Men. 110.
  • Ðríwa on gére

    thrice a year,

    • Thw. Exod. 23, 17.
  • Hæfde me éce geár ealle on móde

    annos æternos in mente hăbui,

    • Ps. Th. 76, 5 : Lk. Bos. 2, 36.
  • Þreó and þritig geára

    three and thirty years,

    • Cd. 224
    • ;
    • Th. 296, 16
    • ;
    • Sat. 503.
  • Geárum fród

    old in years,

    • l09
    • ;
    • Th. 143, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 2381.
  • Men hátaþ ðysne dæg geáres dæg, swylce ðes dæg fyrmest sý on geáres ymbryne

    men call this day [new] year's day, as if this day were the first in the year's circuit,

    • Homl. Th. i. 98, 16.
Etymology
[
Wyc. ȝeer, ȝer, ȝeers, ȝerys years
:
Piers P. yere
:
Chauc. yer, yere
:
R. Brun. ȝere
:
Laym. Orm. ȝer
:
Plat. jaar, jar, n
:
O. Sax. gér, jár, n
:
Frs. jier
:
O. Frs. ier, iar, ger, n
:
Dut. jaar, n
:
Ger. jahr, jar, n
:
M. H. Ger. jár, n
:
O. H. Ger. jár, n
:
Goth. yér, n
:
Dan. aar, n
:
Swed. år, n
:
Icel. ár, n
:
Bohem. gar, m. f. spring
:
Zend. yáre, n. year.
]
Derived forms
freóls-geár, fyrn-
Linked entries
v.  gǽr.
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  • GEÁR, n.