Old English · noun
geac
Normalised ġēac
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jæ͜ɑːk/
- Syllables
- jæ͜ɑːk (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- cuckoo
Meaning
-
cuckoo
The Seafarer, line 53
So the cuckoo yearns with a sad voice.
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.
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