Old English · noun
gehola
Normalised ġehola
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /jeˈxo.lɑ/[jeˈho.lɑ]
- Syllables
- je · ˈxo · lɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- confidantfriendprotector
Meaning
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friend, confidant, protector
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,
Declension
All forms (4)
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