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Old English · adjective

gereord

Normalised ġereord

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈre͜ord/
[jeˈre͜orˠd]
Syllables
je · ˈre͜ord (2 syllables)
Modern English
havingspeechlanguagerefectionvoice

gereord1 · adjective

Senses

  1. having a language

Declension

Strong declension of gereord
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġereordġereordġereord
Accusative ġereordneġereordeġereord
Genitive ġereordesġereordreġereordes
Dative ġereordumġereordreġereordum
Instrumental ġereordeġereordreġereorde
Plural
Nominative ġereordeġereordaġereordeġereord
Accusative ġereordeġereordaġereordeġereord
Genitive ġereordraġereordraġereordra
Dative ġereordumġereordumġereordum
Instrumental ġereordumġereordumġereordum
Weak declension of gereord
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative ġereordaġereordeġereorde
Accusative ġereordanġereordanġereorde
Genitive ġereordanġereordanġereordan
Dative ġereordanġereordanġereordan
Instrumental ġereordanġereordanġereordan
Plural
Nominative ġereordanġereordanġereordan
Accusative ġereordanġereordanġereordan
Genitive ġereordraġereordenaġereordraġereordenaġereordraġereordena
Dative ġereordumġereordumġereordum
Instrumental ġereordumġereordumġereordum

gereord2 · noun · feminine/neuter

Senses

  1. speech, language

    "Ælfric's Lives of Saints", XXVI Of Saint Oswold, lines 64-66

    It befell then that the faithful king explained to his counsellors in their own language the bishop's preaching with glad mind.

  2. voice

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of gereord
SingularPlural
Nominative ġereordġereordaġereordeġereordġereordu
Accusative ġereordeġereordġereordaġereordeġereordġereordu
Genitive ġereordeġereordesġereorda
Dative ġereordeġereordum

gereord3 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. a meal, refection, food

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of gereord
SingularPlural
Nominative ġereordġereordeġereordaġereordeġereordu
Accusative ġereordeġereordaġereordeġereordu
Genitive ġereordeġereordesġereorda
Dative ġereordeġereordum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From ġe- + reord.

Parallel to Etymology 1. Compare Old Norse greddir (“nourisher”, poetic).

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