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Old English
Etymology
Perhaps derived from ġerȳne; or from Proto-West Germanic *garūnī. Equivalent to ġe- + rūn + -u.
Pronunciation
Noun
ġerȳnu f
- secret counsel
- mystery
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
Andreas him andwyrde, "Eala gif ðu witan woldest þære halgan rode ġerȳnu, mid hú sceadwisre lufe manncynna Ealdor, for ure edstaðelunge þære rode gealgan underfeng, na geneadod, ac sylfwilles."- Andrew answered him, "O, if thou wouldst know the mystery of the holy cross, with what discerning love the Prince of mankind received the cross for our re-establishment, not compelled, but of his own will."
Declension
Declension of ġerȳnu (indeclinable)