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Old English · adjective

geomor

Normalised ġeōmor

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈjoː.mor/
Syllables
ˈjoː · mor (2 syllables)
Modern English
yameryammeryaumersadmournful

Meaning

  1. sad, sorrowful, mournful

    He ðær ana sæt, geoðum geomor.

    He sat there alone, sad of mind.

Declension

Strong declension of geomor
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġeōmorġeōmoruġeōmruġeōmoroġeōmroġeōmor
Accusative ġeōmorneġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmor
Genitive ġeōmoresġeōmresġeōmorreġeōmoresġeōmres
Dative ġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorreġeōmorumġeōmrum
Instrumental ġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmorreġeōmoreġeōmre
Plural
Nominative ġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmoraġeōmraġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmoruġeōmruġeōmoroġeōmro
Accusative ġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmoraġeōmraġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmoruġeōmruġeōmoroġeōmro
Genitive ġeōmorraġeōmorraġeōmorra
Dative ġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrum
Instrumental ġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrum
Weak declension of geomor
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġeōmoraġeōmraġeōmoreġeōmreġeōmoreġeōmre
Accusative ġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoreġeōmre
Genitive ġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmran
Dative ġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmran
Instrumental ġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmran
Plural
Nominative ġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmran
Accusative ġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmranġeōmoranġeōmran
Genitive ġeōmorraġeōmorenaġeōmrenaġeōmorraġeōmorenaġeōmrenaġeōmorraġeōmorenaġeōmrena
Dative ġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrum
Instrumental ġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrumġeōmorumġeōmrum

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jāmar, from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Cognate with Old Saxon jāmar, Old High German jāmar (German substantive Jammer (“misery”)). More at yammer.

Descendants

yamer, yammer, yaumer

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