gestreon

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ strēon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈstre͜oːn/

Noun

ġestrēon n

1. treasure, wealth
2. production, procreation
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Ġelēaffulle lǣwede menn, þe on rihtum sinsċipe lybbað, āġifað þrītigḟealdne wǣstm gōdra weorca, ġif hī heora æw̄e æfter bōclīcum ġesetnyssum healdað, þæt is, þæt hī for bearnes ġestrēone, on alyfedum tīman, hǣmed begān, and bearneacniġende wīf and mōnaðsēoc forbūgan; and ðonne hēo leng tȳman ne mæġ,̇ ġeswican hī hǣmedes.

     Faithful lay people, who live in righteous marriage, yield thirtyfold fruit of good works, if their marriage follows the biblical decrees; that is, that they have intercourse for the procreation of children at permitted times, and abstain from intercourse with pregnant or menstruating women, and that at the time they can no longer procreate, they cease intercourse.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġestrēon	ġestrēonu
accusative	ġestrēon	ġestrēonu
genitive	ġestrēones	ġestrēona
dative	ġestrēone	ġestrēonum

Derived terms

• fæderġestrēon

Descendants

• English: strain