geap

geap

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæ͜ɑːp/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gaupaz, *gaupnō- (“hollow (of the hand)”), probably related to *geupan- (“to be hollow”), from Pre-Germanic *geuppan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeub(ʰ)- (“to bend, move”) (Lithuanian gaubti (“to vault, cover”), Albanian gaboj).[1]

Adjective

ġēap

1. crooked, bent, curved

   Geap stæf. ― A crooked staff.

2. symbolically crooked; devious, cunning

Declension

Declension of ġēap — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēap	ġēap	ġēap
Accusative	ġēapne	ġēape	ġēap
Genitive	ġēapes	ġēapre	ġēapes
Dative	ġēapum	ġēapre	ġēapum
Instrumental	ġēape	ġēapre	ġēape
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēape	ġēapa, ġēape	ġēap
Accusative	ġēape	ġēapa, ġēape	ġēap
Genitive	ġēapra	ġēapra	ġēapra
Dative	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum
Instrumental	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum

Declension of ġēap — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēapa	ġēape	ġēape
Accusative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēape
Genitive	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Dative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Instrumental	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Accusative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Genitive	ġēapra, ġēapena	ġēapra, ġēapena	ġēapra, ġēapena
Dative	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum
Instrumental	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum

Derived terms

• ġēaplīċ

Etymology 2

Probably related to sense 1. Compare Old Norse gaupn (“cupped hands”), geypna (“to encompass”).

Adjective

ġēap

1. broad, open, spacious

   Ġim sċeal on hringe standan, stēap and gēap

   A gem shall stand out on a ring, high and broad.

   (Maxims II)

Declension

Declension of ġēap — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēap	ġēap	ġēap
Accusative	ġēapne	ġēape	ġēap
Genitive	ġēapes	ġēapre	ġēapes
Dative	ġēapum	ġēapre	ġēapum
Instrumental	ġēape	ġēapre	ġēape
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēape	ġēapa, ġēape	ġēap
Accusative	ġēape	ġēapa, ġēape	ġēap
Genitive	ġēapra	ġēapra	ġēapra
Dative	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum
Instrumental	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum

Declension of ġēap — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēapa	ġēape	ġēape
Accusative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēape
Genitive	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Dative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Instrumental	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Accusative	ġēapan	ġēapan	ġēapan
Genitive	ġēapra, ġēapena	ġēapra, ġēapena	ġēapra, ġēapena
Dative	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum
Instrumental	ġēapum	ġēapum	ġēapum

Noun

ġēap f (nominative plural ġēapa)

1. an expanse, room, or space

Declension

Declension of geap (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġēap	ġēapa, ġēape
accusative	ġēape	ġēapa, ġēape
genitive	ġēape	ġēapa
dative	ġēape	ġēapum

Synonyms

• ġēapu

Related terms

• ġēapian

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “gaupno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172