gerec

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *garek, equivalent to ġe- +‎ reċċan. Compare Old High German ungireh (“confusion, tumult”).

The sense meaning "tumult" is likely an ellipsis or shortening of unġerec or inġerec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈrek/

Noun

ġerec n (nominative plural ġerecu)

1. rule, government
2. management, direction
3. order
4. a condition of order, a time of quiet
5. explanation, account
6. a tumult

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġerec	ġerecu
accusative	ġerec	ġerecu
genitive	ġereces	ġereca
dative	ġerece	ġerecum

Derived terms

• inġerec (“tumult”)
• unġerec (“tumult”)

Related terms

• ġerecu f

References

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