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Old English · adjective

gerad

Normalised ġerād

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈrɑːd/
Syllables
je · ˈrɑːd (2 syllables)
Modern English
councilskilfulcleverstraightjudgementreason

gerad1 · adjective

Senses

  1. skilful, wise, clever, straight

Declension

gerad2 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. council, judgement, wisdom, reason

  2. condition

    ...and hēo ðonne þē fluge and nolde þē lufian and nān ōðer ġerād būtan þū woldest ǣlce ōðer lufe ālētan for hyre lufe, woldest þū þonne swā dōn swā hēo wylnode?

    ...and if she fled from thee and would reciprocate thy love on no other condition than that thou wouldst renounce every other love for hers alone, wouldst thou then do as she wished?

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of gerad
SingularPlural
Nominative ġerādġerād
Accusative ġerādġerād
Genitive ġerādesġerāda
Dative ġerādeġerādum

All forms (10)

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