gereord

• IPA^(key): /jeˈre͜ord/, [jeˈre͜orˠd]

From ġe- +‎ reord.

ġereord f or n

1. speech, language
   • "Ælfric's Lives of Saints", XXVI Of Saint Oswold, lines 64-66

     Hit gelamp þā swā þæt sē ġelēaffulla cyning ġerehte his witan on heora āgenum ġereorde þæs bisċeopes bodunge mid blīþum mōde.

     It befell then that the faithful king explained to his counsellors in their own language the bishop's preaching with glad mind.

2. voice

As a noun, ġereord is usually neuter-gender, unlike reord (as is common with nouns prefixed with ġe- that do not refer to people; compare also sprǣċ and ġesprǣċ). Occasional feminine uses may be due to analogy with reord.

Feminine declension: Strong ō-stem:

Neuter declension: Strong i-stem:

• ġeþēode
• sprǣċ
• tunge

• Lǣdenġereord (“Latin”)
• sċopġereord (“poetic diction”)
• ġereordglēawnes (“skill with the voice”)

ġereord

1. having a language

• unġereord (“having no language”)

Parallel to Etymology 1. Compare Old Norse greddir (“nourisher”, poetic).

ġereord f

1. a meal, refection, food

Feminine declension: Strong ō-stem:

Neuter declension: Strong i-stem: