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geár-gemearc

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Substitute: Measurement of time expressed in years. Cf. fót-gemearc, míl-gemearc; geár-gerím
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  • Mé onsende sigedryhten mín, siððan ic furðum ongon on þone æfteran ánseld búgan geárgemearces (

    directly after I had begun the second year of my inhabiting the hermitage.

    In the prose legend the corresponding passage is: Ðan aefteran geáre þe ic þis wésten eardode, þæt on ǽfen and on ǽrnemergen God sylfa þone engcel mínre frófre tó mé sende,
      Guth. 86, 3-5), ...
    engel ufancundne, sé mec éfna gehwám ... and on morgne gesóhte, Gú. 1215.
Etymology
[The note given above under <b>án-seld</b> is wrong (búgan = to dwell), and <b>án-seld</b> is neuter.]
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