geara

See also: géara

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġēare

Etymology

Unknown: perhaps ultimately the same as a genitive plural of ġēar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑː.rɑ/

Adverb

ġeāra

1. long ago
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     siþþan ġeāra iū · goldwine mīn(n)e
     hrusan heolstre biwrāh, · ond iċ hēan þonan
     wōd winterċeariġ · ofer waþema ġebind,

     since once, long ago, covered my goldfriend(s)
     with darkness of earth, and poor I thereupon
     traveled sad as winter over binding of waves,

Derived terms

• unġēara

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeare, ȝare, ȝore, yare, yoare, yore
  • English: yore
  • Scots: ȝare, yare, ȝore, ȝoir

Portuguese

Verb

geara

1. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of gear