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Old English · adverb

geador

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈɡæ͜ɑ.dor/
/ˈjæ͜ɑ.dor/
Syllables
ˈɡæ͜ɑ · dor (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. together, in a united manner

  2. altogether

    Þæt mon ēaþe tōslīteð þætte nǣfre ġesomnad wæs, uncer ġiedd ġeador.

    That will easily tear up that was never brought together, our song altogether.

    10th century, Wulf and Eadwacer:

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gadur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. Cognate with Middle High German gater (“together”).

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