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Old English
Etymology
Unknown: perhaps ultimately the same as a genitive plural of ġēar.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ġeāra
- long ago
10th century, The Wanderer:siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,- since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,
Derived terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
geara
- third-person singular pluperfect indicative of gear