Old English · adverb
geara
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈjæ͜ɑː.rɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈjæ͜ɑː · rɑ (2 syllables)
Meaning
long ago
hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,
since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s) with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,
siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
Etymology
Unknown: perhaps ultimately the same as a genitive plural of ġēar.
Descendants
yore
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