- nosebleed. The
English name
yarrow comes from its
Saxon (Old English) name
gearwe,
which is
related to both the
Dutch word gerw (alternately yerw) and the...
- ellendaédum: uncúþes fela Wælsinges
gewin wíde síðas þára þe
gumena bearn gearwe ne
wiston faéhðe ond
fyrena búton
Fitela mid hine ... hæfde áglaéca elne...
-
Beowulf 211–223
Seamus Heaney's
verse Beornas gearwe on
stefn stigon;
streamas wundon, sund wið sande;
secgas bæron on...
- ýðum Tíme pàssed a|wáy. On the tíde | flóated bát
under beorge·
beornas gearwe under bánk |
their bóat. In her bóws | móunted on
stefn stigon bráve mèn...
- Nū mē fāh warað eorþan brōþor, se mē ǣrest wearð
gumena tō gyrne. Ic ful
gearwe gemon hwā mīn
fromcynn fruman āgētte eall of earde; ic him yfle ne māt,...
-
Commentary Fyrst forð gewát·
flota wæs on ýðum bát
under beorge·
beornas gearwe on
stefn stigon· stréamas
wundon sund wið sande·
secgas bǽron on
bearm nacan...
-
verse Fyrst forð gewat; | flota wæs on yðum, bat
under beorge. |
Beornas gearwe on stefn stigon, — | strēamas wundon, sund wið sande; |
secgas bæron on...
- dat. sg. fem. ġearore.
Before a vowel, it
changes to w: nom. pl. masc.
ġearwe. Most
adjectives ending in ġ, ċ, or sċ have hard g, c, or sc
before an ending...
- her cuðlicor ****an
ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne ge
leafnesword guðfremmendra
gearwe ne wisson, maga gemedu. Næfre ic
maran geseah eorla ofer eorþan ðonne is...
