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Old English · adjective

gesund

Normalised ġesund

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/jeˈsund/
Syllables
je · ˈsund (2 syllables)
Modern English
soundhealthy

Meaning

  1. healthy

  2. sound

    ...and hē sona ġesund sylf ūpp ārās swā ðæt hit næs ġesēne hweðer hē sēoc wǣre.

    ...and he immediately rose up by himself sound, so that it could not be perceived that he had been sick.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From ġe- + *sund. The latter descends from Proto-Germanic *sundaz. Compare to Old Saxon gisund and Old High German gisunt.

Descendants

sound

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