geþeode
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jeˈθeːode/
Noun
ġeþēode n (nominative plural ġeþēodu)
- language, speech
- c. 890, King Alfred the Great, Preface to Gregory's Pastoralis Curae
- Forðy me ðyncð betre, gif iow swæ ðyncð, ðæt we eac sumæ bec, ða ðe niedbeðearfosta sien eallum monnum to wiotonne, ðæt we ða on ðæt geðiode wenden ðe we ealle gecnawan mægen, […]
- Therefore it seems better to me, if you agree, that we each translate some books, which are the most needful for all men to know, into the language which we can all understand, […]
- Forðy me ðyncð betre, gif iow swæ ðyncð, ðæt we eac sumæ bec, ða ðe niedbeðearfosta sien eallum monnum to wiotonne, ðæt we ða on ðæt geðiode wenden ðe we ealle gecnawan mægen, […]
- c. 890, King Alfred the Great, Preface to Gregory's Pastoralis Curae
Declension
Declension of geþeode (strong ja-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġeþēode | ġeþēodu |
| accusative | ġeþēode | ġeþēodu |
| genitive | ġeþēodes | ġeþēoda |
| dative | ġeþēode | ġeþēodum |
Descendants
- Middle English: itheode, ȝeðeode
Further reading
- ge-þeóde in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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