geap

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Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gaupaz, *gaupnō- (“hollow (of the hand)”), probably related to *geupan- (“to be hollow”), from Pre-Germanic *geuppan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeub(ʰ)- (“to bend, move”) (Lithuanian gaubti (“to vault, cover”), Albanian gaboj).[1]

Adjective

ġēap (comparative ġeappre)

  1. crooked, bent, curved
    Geap stæf. ― A crooked staff.
  2. symbolically crooked; devious, cunning
    Sēo næddre wæs ġēappre ðonne ealle ðā ōðre nȳtenu.
    The serpent was more devious than all the other creatures.
Declension
Declension of ġēap — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēap ġēap ġēap
Accusative ġēapne ġēape ġēap
Genitive ġēapes ġēapre ġēapes
Dative ġēapum ġēapre ġēapum
Instrumental ġēape ġēapre ġēape
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēape ġēapa, ġēape ġēap
Accusative ġēape ġēapa, ġēape ġēap
Genitive ġēapra ġēapra ġēapra
Dative ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Instrumental ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Declension of ġēap — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēapa ġēape ġēape
Accusative ġēapan ġēapan ġēape
Genitive ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Dative ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Instrumental ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Accusative ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Genitive ġēapra, ġēapena ġēapra, ġēapena ġēapra, ġēapena
Dative ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Instrumental ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably related to sense 1. Compare Old Norse gaupn (“cupped hands”), geypna (“to encompass”).

Adjective

ġēap

  1. broad, open, spacious
    Ġim sċeal on hringe standan, stēap and gēap
    A gem shall stand out on a ring, high and broad.
    (Maxims II)
Declension
Declension of ġēap — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēap ġēap ġēap
Accusative ġēapne ġēape ġēap
Genitive ġēapes ġēapre ġēapes
Dative ġēapum ġēapre ġēapum
Instrumental ġēape ġēapre ġēape
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēape ġēapa, ġēape ġēap
Accusative ġēape ġēapa, ġēape ġēap
Genitive ġēapra ġēapra ġēapra
Dative ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Instrumental ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Declension of ġēap — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēapa ġēape ġēape
Accusative ġēapan ġēapan ġēape
Genitive ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Dative ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Instrumental ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Accusative ġēapan ġēapan ġēapan
Genitive ġēapra, ġēapena ġēapra, ġēapena ġēapra, ġēapena
Dative ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum
Instrumental ġēapum ġēapum ġēapum

Noun

ġēap f (nominative plural ġēapa)

  1. an expanse, room, or space
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġēap ġēapa, ġēape
accusative ġēape ġēapa, ġēape
genitive ġēape ġēapa
dative ġēape ġēapum
Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “gaupno”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172
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