geþeode

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ þēode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈθe͜oː.de/

Noun

ġeþēode n (nominative plural ġeþēodu)

1. language, speech
   • c. 890, King Alfred the Great, Preface to Gregory's Pastoralis Curae:

     Forðy me ðyncð betre, gif iow swæ ðyncð, ðæt we eac sumæ bec, ða ðe niedbeðearfosta sien eallum monnum to wiotonne, ðæt we ða on ðæt geðiode wenden ðe we ealle gecnawan mægen, […]

     Therefore it seems better to me, if you agree, that we each translate some books, which are the most needful for all men to know, into the language which we can all understand, […]

Declension

Declension of ġeþēode (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeþēode	ġeþēodu
accusative	ġeþēode	ġeþēodu
genitive	ġeþēodes	ġeþēoda
dative	ġeþēode	ġeþēodum

Descendants

• Middle English: itheode, ȝeðeode

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-þeóde”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.