Geár-gerím

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geár-gerím

Substitute: Reckoning by years. (1) where duration is measured and the year is taken as the unit. I :-- Bootes cymeð on þone ilcan stede eft ymb þrítig geárgerimes (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214, 15), Met. 28, 30. Cf. winter-gerím. (2) in chronological reckoning. (a) anno mundi :-- Fram frymðe middaneardes tó dám flóde, ꝥ wæs geárgerímes twá ðúsenda wintra and twá hund wintra and twá and feówertyg wintra ... þonne wæs ealles áurnen geárgerímes fram frymðe middaneardes oþ Crístes ácennednesse fíf ðúsend wintra and eahta and twéntig wintra, Angl. xi. 9, 2-16. Gérgerímes, 4, § 3, 2. Þá wæs ágan geárgerímes ... feówer þúsend and hundteóntig and þreó and sixtig geára, Wlfst. 15, 1. (b) in Roman history :-- Ic ymbe Rómána gewin on þǽm geárríme (-geríme) forð ofer þæt geteled hæbbe (I have not followed the chronological order, but have anticipated; aliquantum Romanas clades recensendo progressus sum), Ors. 3, 7; S. 110, 12. (c) anno Domini :-- Kl. Ianuarius gif hé biþ on Sǽternesdæg ... fýr rícsaþ on þám geáre gǽrgerímes, E. S. 39, 342. Cf. geár-gemearc. gear-gerim

Related words: geár;