geþeode
Old English
Etymology
ġe- + þēode
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈθe͜oː.de/
Noun
ġeþēode n (nominative plural ġeþēodu)
- language
- c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
- Þā Finnas, him þūhte, and þā Beormas sprǣcon nēah ān ġeþēode.
- The Sami and the Bjarmians, it seemed to him, spoke almost the same language.
- unknown author, preface to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Bretene īeġland is eahta hund mīla lang and twā hund mīla brād, and hēr sind on þām īeġlande fīf ġeþēodu: Englisċ, Bretwīelisċ, Sċyttisċ, Pihtisċ, and Bōclǣden.
- The island of Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles wide. Five languages are spoken here: English, British, Irish, Pictish, and Latin.
- c. 890s, The Voyage of Ohthere and Wulfstan
Declension
Declension of geþeode (strong ja-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ġeþēode | ġeþēodu |
accusative | ġeþēode | ġeþēodu |
genitive | ġeþēodes | ġeþēoda |
dative | ġeþēode | ġeþēodum |
Synonyms
- ġereord
- sprǣċ
- tunge
Descendants
- Middle English: itheode, ȝeðeode
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-þeóde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.