gerec
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *garek, equivalent to ġe- + reċċan. Compare Old High German ungireh (“confusion, tumult”).
The sense meaning "tumult" is likely an ellipsis or shortening of unġerec or inġerec.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ġerec n (nominative plural ġerecu)
- rule, government
- management, direction
- order
- a condition of order, a time of quiet
- explanation, account
- a tumult
Declension edit
Declension of gerec (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- ġerecu f
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEREC”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEREC supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.