geoc

geoc

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with Old Saxon juc, Dutch juk, Old High German joh (German Joch), Old Norse ok (Swedish ok), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌺 (juk). Proto-Indo-European *yugóm is also the source of Vedic Sanskrit युग (yuga, “yoke, team”); compare Sanskrit योग (yoga, “act of yoking”), Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón), Latin iugum, Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (Polish igo), Lithuanian jùngti, Welsh iau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jok/

Noun

ġeoc n (nominative plural ġeocu)

1. yoke

Declension

Declension of geoc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeoc	ġeocu
accusative	ġeoc	ġeocu
genitive	ġeoces	ġeoca
dative	ġeoce	ġeocum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeːok/

Noun

ġēoc f

1. (chiefly poetic) help, rescue

Declension

Declension of geoc (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġēoc	ġēoca, ġēoce
accusative	ġēoce	ġēoca, ġēoce
genitive	ġēoce	ġēoca
dative	ġēoce	ġēocum