Old English · noun
geardagas
Normalised ġeārdagas
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈjɑːrˌdɑ.ɡɑs/[ˈjɑːrˌdɑ.ɣɑs]
- Syllables
- ˈjɑːr · ˌdɑ · ɡɑs (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- ancientyoredays of yoretimes
Meaning
-
ancient times, days of yore
An man wæs on geardagum eardiende on þam iglande þe Creta hatte.
One man in days of old lived on the island that is called Crete.
Declension
All forms (3)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *jārō dag, from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ dagaz, equivalent to ġeāra (“yore”) + dagas (“days”). Cognate with Old High German jārtaga, Old Norse árdagr.
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