gehola
Old English
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editgehola m
- (poetic) friend, confidant, protector
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.- or friendless me would soothe,
allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
how tough is sorrow as a companion,
to whom little has dear confidants for himself.
- or friendless me would soothe,
Declension
editDeclension of ġehola (weak)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ġehola”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.