eldertongue

Old English · noun

geþeode

Normalised ġeþēode

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/jeˈθe͜oː.de/
Syllables
je · ˈθe͜oː · de (3 syllables)
Modern English
languageathedeatheed

Meaning

  1. language

    Þā Finnas, him þūhte, and þā Beormas sprǣcon nēah ān ġeþēode.

    The Sami and the Bjarmians, it seemed to him, spoke almost the same language.

    c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan

Declension

Declension of geþeode
SingularPlural
Nominative ġeþēodeġeþēodu
Accusative ġeþēodeġeþēodu
Genitive ġeþēodesġeþēoda
Dative ġeþēodeġeþēodum

All forms (5)

Etymology

ġe- + þēode

Descendants

athede, atheed

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