gescead
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ġesceād n
- reason (a reason or the faculty of reason)
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
- Nū onġinþ ūre ġerīm on þissum dæġe (æfter Rōmānisċre ġesetednesse) for nānum godcundlīcum ġesċeāde, ac for þām ealdan ġewunan.
- Our calendar begins on this day (following the Roman system) not for any religious reason, but because of tradition.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
- Ġif ġē willaþ æfter menniscum ġesċeāde libban, þonne sind ġē gāstlīċe ymbsnidene.
- If you choose to live your life based on human reason, you are spiritually circumcised.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
- distinction
Declension
Declension of gescead (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Adjective
ġesceād
Declension
Declension of ġesceād — Strong
Declension of ġesceād — Weak
Derived terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gescead”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.