Old English · noun
geþeaht
Normalised ġeþeaht
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine / neuter
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈθæ͜ɑxt/
- Syllables
- je · ˈθæ͜ɑxt (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- determinationplanresolutioncounselpurposeconsultationdeliberationdevice
Meaning
-
counsel, consultation, deliberation, advice, thought, a determination, resolution, device, plan, purpose
-
a council, assembly
Đyssum tidum Ongolcyningas þā æðelestan Ōswēo Norðanhymbra cyning ⁊ Eċġberht Contwarena cyning hæfdon betweoh him sprǣċe ⁊ ġeþēahte, hwæt tō donne wǣre bī þǣm stealle Ongolcynnes ċiriċan.
At this time the most noble English kings, Oswiu of Northumbria and Ecgberht of Kent, held a discussion and conference between them about what was to be done about the state of the English church.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną, equivalent to ġe- + þeaht.
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