Geár-getal

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - geár-getal

According to the Old English Dictionary:

geár-getal
l. -getæl, and add: I. a number of years, years of existence, (1) age of a person :-- Gif hé bið cealdre gecyndo, þonne cymð seó ádl æfter feówertigum, elcor cymð æfter fíftigum wintra his gǽrgetales, Lch. ii. 284, 22. (2) age of the world :-- Findan hú micel þæs geárgeteles is áurnen ... fram frymðe middaneardes tó ðám flóde, Angl. xi. 9, 1. II. the number of days in a year (?) :-- Dó hé ꝥ .vii. geárgetælu beón binnon þrím dagum þus gefadode ... Nime hé him tó .xii. manna and fæsten .iii. dagas ... begite septies .cxx. manna ꝥ fæstan eác for hine .iii. dagas; þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 22. Cf. winter-getæl. gear-getal
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