gefer

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Old English

Etymology 1

Nominalization of ġefēran (as if "association, going together") from ġe- (“jointly, together”) +‎ fēran (“to go”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈfeːr/

Noun

ġefēr n

society, company
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
  Wēndon ðæt he on heora gefēre wǣre.
  supposed that he was in their company.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġefēr	ġefēr
accusative	ġefēr	ġefēr
genitive	ġefēres	ġefēra
dative	ġefēre	ġefērum

Derived terms

ġefērsċipe (“society, fellowship”)

Etymology 2

From ġe- +‎ fer (“way”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjeˌfer/

Noun

ġefer n (Kentish)

alternative form of ġefær

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġefer	ġefer
accusative	ġefer	ġefer
genitive	ġeferes	ġefera
dative	ġefere	ġeferum

Related terms

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEFĒR”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEFER”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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