Geoc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geoc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: gioc, geoht, góc, ioc, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 geoc

n: pl. geocu. I. a YOKE; jugum :-- Nimaþ mín geoc ofer eów tollite jugum meum super vos, Mt. Bos. 11, 29. Mín geoc ys wynsum jugum meum suave est, 11, 30. We weorpan fram us geoc heora projiciamus a nobis jugum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. 2, 3. Utan aweorpan heora geocu of us projiciamus a nobis juga ipsorum, Ps. Th. 2, 3. II. a yoke of oxen; boum jugum, boves jugo juncti :-- Se ceorl hæfþ óðres geoht [geoc: B. oxan] ahýrod the ceorl has hired another's yoke, L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 8. Be hýr-geohte [hyr-geoce: B. hýr-oxan] of a hired yoke, 60; Th. i. 140, 7. III. conjux :-- Gebede l geoc conjugem, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 20. [Goth. juk: O. H. Ger. joh: Ger. joch.] geoc

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