Old English · noun
gefera
Normalised ġefēra
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /jeˈfeː.rɑ/
- Syllables
- je · ˈfeː · rɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- ferememberpartnercompanioncomrade
Meaning
-
companion, comrade
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað, hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran, þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.
or friendless me would soothe, allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes, how tough is sorrow as a companion, to whom little has dear confidants for himself.
oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde, -
partner
-
member
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Equivalent to ġe- + fēra, literally “fellow traveler," related to the verb faran (“to go, travel”). Compare German Gefährte, of similar form and meaning.
Descendants
fere
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