gefer

Old English

Etymology 1

Nominalization of ġefēran (as if "association, going together") from ġe- (“jointly, together”) +‎ fēran (“to go”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfeːr/

Noun

ġefēr n

1. society, company
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:

     Wēndon ðæt he on heora gefēre wǣre.

     [They] supposed that he was in their company.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġefēr	ġefēr
accusative	ġefēr	ġefēr
genitive	ġefēres	ġefēra
dative	ġefēre	ġefērum

Derived terms

• ġefērsċipe (“society, fellowship”)

Etymology 2

From ġe- +‎ fer (“way”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfer/

Noun

ġefer n (Kentish)

1. Alternative form of ġefær

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġefer	ġefer
accusative	ġefer	ġefer
genitive	ġeferes	ġefera
dative	ġefere	ġeferum

Related terms

• fær
• færeld
• fara
• fare
• fareld
• faru
• fer
• fera
• fēre
• gefēra
• gefēre
• gefēred
• gefērlīþlīce
• sċipfarend

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEFĒR”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEFER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.