geolu
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“shine, glisten”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjeolu/
Adjective
ġeolu (pl. ġeolƿe)
- yellow
- Him bēoþ ða ēagan ġeolƿe. His eyes will be yellow.
- c. 700, Beowulf, 2609-2610
- ne mihte ðā forhabban hond rond gefēng
geolƿe linde gomel sƿyrd getēah.- He could not then hold back; his hand seized his round [shield]
[of] yellow linden, he drew [his] ancient sword:
- He could not then hold back; his hand seized his round [shield]
- ne mihte ðā forhabban hond rond gefēng
Declension
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | ġeolwa | ġeolwe | ġeolwe | ġeolwan | nom. | ġeolu | ġeolu | ġeolu | ġeolwe | ġeolu, -ġeolwe | ġeolwa, -e | ||
| accusative | ġeolwan | ġeolwe | ġeolwan | acc. | ġeolone | ġeolu | ġeolwe | ġeolwe | ġeolu, -ġeolwe | ġeolwa, -ġeolwe | |||
| genitive | ġeolwan | ġeolora, ġeolwena | gen. | ġeolwes | ġeolwes | ġeolore | ġeolora | ||||||
| dative | ġeolwan | ġeolwum | dat. | ġeolwum | ġeolwum | ġeolore | ġeolwum | ||||||
| instrumental | ġeolwe | ||||||||||||
Descendants
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