gereord

Old English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From ġe- +‎ reord.

Noun

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

Declension

Feminine declension: Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġereord	ġereorda, ġereorde
accusative	ġereorde	ġereorda, ġereorde
genitive	ġereorde	ġereorda
dative	ġereorde	ġereordum

Neuter declension: Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġereord	ġereord
accusative	ġereord	ġereord
genitive	ġereordes	ġereorda
dative	ġereorde	ġereordum

Synonyms

• ġeþēode
• sprǣċ
• tunge

Derived terms

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

Adjective

ġereord

1. having a language

Declension

Declension of ġereord — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġereord	ġereord	ġereord
Accusative	ġereordne	ġereorde	ġereord
Genitive	ġereordes	ġereordre	ġereordes
Dative	ġereordum	ġereordre	ġereordum
Instrumental	ġereorde	ġereordre	ġereorde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġereorde	ġereorda, ġereorde	ġereord
Accusative	ġereorde	ġereorda, ġereorde	ġereord
Genitive	ġereordra	ġereordra	ġereordra
Dative	ġereordum	ġereordum	ġereordum
Instrumental	ġereordum	ġereordum	ġereordum

Declension of ġereord — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġereorda	ġereorde	ġereorde
Accusative	ġereordan	ġereordan	ġereorde
Genitive	ġereordan	ġereordan	ġereordan
Dative	ġereordan	ġereordan	ġereordan
Instrumental	ġereordan	ġereordan	ġereordan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġereordan	ġereordan	ġereordan
Accusative	ġereordan	ġereordan	ġereordan
Genitive	ġereordra, ġereordena	ġereordra, ġereordena	ġereordra, ġereordena
Dative	ġereordum	ġereordum	ġereordum
Instrumental	ġereordum	ġereordum	ġereordum

Derived terms

• unġereord (“having no language”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ġereord f

1. a meal, refection, food

Declension

Feminine declension: Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġereord	ġereorda, ġereorde
accusative	ġereorde	ġereorda, ġereorde
genitive	ġereorde	ġereorda
dative	ġereorde	ġereordum

Neuter declension: Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġereord	ġereord
accusative	ġereord	ġereord
genitive	ġereordes	ġereorda
dative	ġereorde	ġereordum

Derived terms

• ǣfenġereord (“supper”)
• bēodġereord (“meal, feast”)
• cyningġereord (“royal feast”)
• ġereorddæġ (“feast day”)
• ġereordhūs (“dining room”)
• ġereordian (“to feed, to take food”)
• nōnġereord (“lunch”)
• symbelġereorde (“feast, banquet”)
• undernġereord (“breakfast”)