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Old English

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Noun

ġerād n

  1. council, judgement, wisdom, reason
  2. condition
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      ...and hēo ðonne þē fluge and nolde þē lufian and nān ōðer ġerād būtan þū woldest ǣlce ōðer lufe ālētan for hyre lufe, woldest þū þonne swā dōn swā hēo wylnode?
      ...and if she fled from thee and would reciprocate thy love on no other condition than that thou wouldst renounce every other love for hers alone, wouldst thou then do as she wished?
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCCXLV Hēr Ēadmund cyning oferhergode eall Cumbraland, ⁊ hit lēt eall tō Malculme Sċotta cinge on þæt ġerād þæt hē wǣre his midwyrhta æġþer ġe on sǣ ġe on lande.
      Year 945 In this year King Edmund overran all of Cumberland, and let it all to King Malcom of Scotland, on the condition that he would be his cooperator on both sea and land.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

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Descendants

  • Middle English: rode

Adjective

ġerād

  1. skilful, wise, clever, straight

Declension

Declension of ġerād — Strong
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Declension of ġerād — Weak
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