geoc

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *juk, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Alternative forms

• ġioc, ioc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jok/

Noun

ġeoc n (nominative plural ġeocu)

2. yoke

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġeoc	ġeocu
accusative	ġeoc	ġeocu
genitive	ġeoces	ġeoca
dative	ġeoce	ġeocum

Descendants

• Middle English: yok, ȝocke, ȝok, ȝoke, ȝook, ȝoocke, jok, yoke, yokke, ȝeoce, ȝocc, iuc (Early Middle English)
  • English: yoke (obsolete yock)
  • Middle Scots: ȝok, ȝoke, ȝock, ȝocke, yok, yoke
    • Scots: yoke, yock

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from ġe- +‎ ēoc (“help, safety”).

Alternative forms

• ġīoc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜oːk/

Noun

ġēoc f

2. (chiefly poetic) help, rescue
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎^[1]:

     Frōfre ne wēne, þæt mē ġēoc cyme gūðġewinnes, ǣr iċ mid yldum eal forweorðe…

     I don't expect any consolation that I'll get help of warbattle before I would be completely perished with men…

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġēoc	ġēoca, ġēoce
accusative	ġēoce	ġēoca, ġēoce
genitive	ġēoce	ġēoca
dative	ġēoce	ġēocum