geara

See also: géara

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown: perhaps ultimately the same as a genitive plural of ġēar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑː.rɑ/

Adverb

ġeāra

  1. long ago
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
      hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
      wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,
      since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
      with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
      traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: ȝeare, ȝare, ȝore, yare, yoare, yore

Portuguese

Verb

geara

  1. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of gear
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