geoc
Old English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editġeoc n (nominative plural ġeocu)
Declension
editDeclension of geoc (strong a-stem)
Descendants
edit- Middle English: yok, ȝocke, ȝok, ȝoke, ȝook, ȝoocke, jok, yoke, yokke; ȝeoce, ȝocc, iuc (Early Middle English)
Etymology 2
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editNoun
editġēoc f
- (chiefly poetic) help, rescue
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5[1]:
- Frōfre ne wēne, þæt mē ġēoc cyme gūðġewinnes, ǣr iċ mid yldum eal forweorðe…
- I don't expect any consolation that I'll get help of warbattle before I would be completely perished with men…
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