gieta

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġīta, ġȳta, ġēta

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *juta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji͜yː.tɑ/

Adverb

ġīeta

1. yet
   • Reord wæs þā gieta eorþbūendum ān ġemǣne

     there was as yet one speech common to dwellers on earth,

2. still

Descendants

• Middle English: yete, yite
  • English: yet
  • Scots: yet

References

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