geap

• IPA^(key): /jæ͜ɑːp/

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

ġēap (comparative ġeappre, superlative ġēapest)

1. crooked, bent, curved

   Geap stæf. ― A crooked staff.

2. symbolically crooked; devious, cunning

   Sēo næddre wæs ġēappre ðonne ealle ðā ōðre nȳtenu.

   The serpent was more devious than all the other creatures.

• ġēaplīċ

• ġēopan

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

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)

ġēap f (nominative plural ġēapa)

1. an expanse, room, or space

Strong ō-stem:

• ġēapu

• ġēapian