Old English · noun
gefara
Normalised ġefara
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- Modern English
- travelercompanionfellow
Meaning
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companion, fellow traveler
Iċ eom æþelinges eaxlġestealla, fyrdrinċes ġefara, frēan mīnum lēof, cyninges ġeselda.
I am a companion of an atheling, a comrade of a fighter, dear to my lord, a partner of a king.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 80:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
ġe- + fara (“traveler”)
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