gerynu

Meaning

1. secret counsel

2. mystery

   Andreas him andwyrde, "Eala gif ðu witan woldest þære halgan rode ġerȳnu, mid hú sceadwisre lufe manncynna Ealdor, for ure edstaðelunge þære rode gealgan underfeng, na geneadod, ac sylfwilles."

   Andrew answered him, "O, if thou wouldst know the mystery of the holy cross, with what discerning love the Prince of mankind received the cross for our re-establishment, not compelled, but of his own will."

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

Declension