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Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Related to ġebindan (“to bind”), from Proto-Germanic *gabindaną. Closely related to Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰 (gabinda).
Noun
ġebind n
- binding, fastening, bond
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,
Declension
Declension of ġebind (strong a-stem)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ġebind
- singular imperative of ġebindan