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geard

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
geard, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §72; §316; §335;
A staff, rod, stake, fagot; băcŭlum, virga, pālus, fascis
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  • He scolde gifan [MS. gife] sex fóður gearda

    he should give six loads of fagots,

    • Chr. 852
    • ;
    • Erl. 67, 38.
Derived forms
cyne-geard
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v. gyrd.
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  • geard, n.