geferræden

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġefērrēden

Etymology

ġefēra +‎ -rǣden

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfeːrˌræː.den/

Noun

ġefērrǣden f

1. companionship
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Ic hī lufige for frēondscype and for gefērǣdenne and þā þēah ofer æalle ōðre þe mē mǣstne fultum dōð tō ongyttanne and tō witanne gescēadwīsnesse and wīsdōm, and æalra mǣst be Gode and be ūrum sāulum; forðām ic wōt þæt ic mæg ǣð myd heora fultume æfter spurian þonne ic būtan mæge.

     I love them for friendship and for companionship, and above all others I love those who most help me to understand and to know reason and wisdom, most of all about God and about our souls; for I know that I can more easily seek after Him with their help than I can without.

2. community
3. congregation, church
4. familiarity, friendship

Declension

Declension of geferræden (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġefērrǣden	ġefērrǣdenna, ġefērrǣdenne
accusative	ġefērrǣdenne	ġefērrǣdenna, ġefērrǣdenne
genitive	ġefērrǣdenne	ġefērrǣdenna
dative	ġefērrǣdenne	ġefērrǣdennum

Synonyms

• ġefērrǣdnes
• ġefērsċipe

References

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