Old English · noun
gefea
Normalised ġefēa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /jeˈfæ͜ɑː/
- Syllables
- je · ˈfæ͜ɑː (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- joy
Meaning
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joy
⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisċes cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe. And he re
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gafehō. Cognate with Old High German gifeho. Equivalent to ġe- + fēa.
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