geong, adj., _young, youthful_: nom. sg., 13, 20, 855, etc.; giong, 2447; w. m. se maga geonga, 2676; acc. sg. geongne gūðcyning, 1970; dat. sg. geongum, 1949, 2045, 2675, etc.; on swā geongum feore, _at a so youthful age_, 1844; geongan cempan, 2627; acc. pl. geonge, 2019; dat. pl. geongum and ealdum, 72.--Superl. gingest, _the last_: nom. sg. w. f. gingeste word, 2818. georn, adj., _striving, eager_, w. gen. of the thing striven for: eft sīðes georn, 2784.--Comp. lof-georn. georne, adv., _readily, willingly_: þæt him wine-māgas georne hȳrdon, 66; georne truwode, 670.--_zealously, eagerly_: sōhte georne æfter grunde, _eagerly searched over the ground_, 2295.--_carefully, industriously_: nō ic him þæs georne ætfealh (_held him not fast enough_), 969.--_completely, exactly_: comp. wiste þē geornor, 822. geō, iū, adv., _once, formerly, earlier_, 1477; giō, 2522; iū, 2460. gēoc, st. f., _help, support_: acc. sg. gēoce gefremman, 2675; þæt him gāst-bona gēoce gefremede wið þēod-þrēaum, 177; gēoce gelȳfde, _believed in the help_ (of Bēowulf), 609; dat. sg. tō gēoce, 1835. gēocor, adj., _ill, bad_: nom. sg., 766.--See Haupt's Zeitschrift 8, p. 7. geō-man, iū-man, st. m., _man of former times_: gen. pl. iū-manna, 3053. geō-meowle, w. f., (_formerly a virgin), wife_: acc. sg. īo-meowlan, 2932. geōmor, adj., _with depressed feelings, sad, troubled_: nom. sg. him wæs geōmor sefa, 49, 2420, 2633, 2951; mōdes geōmor, 2101; fem. þæt wæs geōmuru ides, 1076. geōmore, adv., _sadly_, 151. geōmor-gid, st. n., _dirge_: acc. sg. giōmor-gyd, 3151. geōmor-līc, adj., _sad, painful_: swā bið geōmorlīc gomelum ceorle tō gebīdanne þæt..., _it is painful to an old man to experience it, that ..._, 2445. geōmor-mōd, adj., _sad, sorrowful_: nom. sg., 2045, 3019; giōmor-mōd, 2268. geōmrian, w. v., _to complain, to lament_: pret. sg. geōmrode giddum, 1119. geō-sceaft, st. f., (_fixed in past times), fate_: acc. sg. geōsceaft grimme, 1235. geōsceaft-gāst, st. m., _demon sent by fate_: gen. pl. fela geōsceaft-gāsta, of Grendel and his race, 1267. gēotan, st. v. intrans., _to pour, to flow, to stream_: pres. part. gifen gēotende, 1691. gicel, st. m., _icicle_: in comp. hilde-gicel. gid, gyd, st. n., _speech, solemn alliterative song_: nom. sg. þǣr wæs ... gid oft wrecen, 1066; lēoð wæs āsungen, glēomannes gyd, _the song was sung, the gleeman's lay_, 1161; þǣr wæs gidd and glēo, 2106; acc. sg. ic þis gid āwræc, 1724; gyd āwræc, 2109; gyd æfter wræc, 2155; þonne hē gyd wrece, 2447; dat. pl. giddum, 151, 1119; gen. pl. gidda gemyndig, 869.--Comp.: geōmor-, word-gid. giddian, w. v., _to speak, to speak in alliteration_: pret. gyddode, 631. gif, conj.: 1) _if_, w. ind., 442, 447, 527, 662, etc.; gyf, 945, etc. With subj., 452, 594, 1482, etc.; gyf, 280, 1105, etc.--2) _whether_, w. ind., 272; w. subj., 1141, 1320. gifa, geofa, w. m., _giver_; in comp. gold-, sinc-, wil-gifa (-geofa).
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