Old English · noun

gerec

Normalised ġerec

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /jeˈrek/
Syllables: je · ˈrek (2 syllables)
Modern English: government management rule quiet account tumult explanation

Meaning

rule, government
management, direction
order
a condition of order, a time of quiet
explanation, account
a tumult

Declension

Declension of gerec
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġerec	ġerecu
Accusative	ġerec	ġerecu
Genitive	ġereces	ġereca
Dative	ġerece	ġerecum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garek, equivalent to ġe- + reċċan. Compare Old High German ungireh (“confusion, tumult”). The sense meaning "tumult" is likely an ellipsis or shortening of unġerec or inġerec.

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