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Old English · adjective

geap

Normalised ġēap

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jæ͜ɑːp/
Syllables
jæ͜ɑːp (1 syllable)
Modern English
crookedcurvedexpansedevioussymbolicallybroadspaciousopen

geap1 · adjective

Senses

  1. crooked, bent, curved

    Geap stæf.

    A crooked staff.

  2. symbolically crooked; devious, cunning

    Sēo næddre wæs ġēappre ðonne ealle ðā ōðre nȳtenu.

    The serpent was more devious than all the other creatures.

Declension

Strong declension of geap
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġēapġēapġēap
Accusative ġēapneġēapeġēap
Genitive ġēapesġēapreġēapes
Dative ġēapumġēapreġēapum
Instrumental ġēapeġēapreġēape
Plural
Nominative ġēapeġēapaġēapeġēap
Accusative ġēapeġēapaġēapeġēap
Genitive ġēapraġēapraġēapra
Dative ġēapumġēapumġēapum
Instrumental ġēapumġēapumġēapum
Weak declension of geap
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġēapaġēapeġēape
Accusative ġēapanġēapanġēape
Genitive ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Dative ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Instrumental ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Plural
Nominative ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Accusative ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Genitive ġēapraġēapenaġēapraġēapenaġēapraġēapena
Dative ġēapumġēapumġēapum
Instrumental ġēapumġēapumġēapum

geap2 · adjective

Senses

  1. broad, open, spacious

    Ġim sċeal on hringe standan, stēap and gēap

    A gem shall stand out on a ring, high and broad.

Declension

Strong declension of geap
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġēapġēapġēap
Accusative ġēapneġēapeġēap
Genitive ġēapesġēapreġēapes
Dative ġēapumġēapreġēapum
Instrumental ġēapeġēapreġēape
Plural
Nominative ġēapeġēapaġēapeġēap
Accusative ġēapeġēapaġēapeġēap
Genitive ġēapraġēapraġēapra
Dative ġēapumġēapumġēapum
Instrumental ġēapumġēapumġēapum
Weak declension of geap
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġēapaġēapeġēape
Accusative ġēapanġēapanġēape
Genitive ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Dative ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Instrumental ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Plural
Nominative ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Accusative ġēapanġēapanġēapan
Genitive ġēapraġēapenaġēapraġēapenaġēapraġēapena
Dative ġēapumġēapumġēapum
Instrumental ġēapumġēapumġēapum

geap3 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. an expanse, room, or space

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of geap
SingularPlural
Nominative ġēapġēapaġēape
Accusative ġēapeġēapaġēape
Genitive ġēapeġēapa
Dative ġēapeġēapum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaup, from Proto-Germanic *gaupaz, related to Proto-Germanic *gaupnō- (“hollow (of the hand)”), probably related to *geupaną (“to be hollow”), from Pre-Germanic *geuppan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewb(ʰ)- (“to bend, stoop, move”) (Lithuanian gaubti (“to vault, cover”), Albanian gaboj).

Probably related to sense 1. Compare Old Norse gaupn (“cupped hands”), geypna (“to encompass”).

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