Noun: gewealc
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġewealc |
| Plural | ġewealc |
Genitive
| Singular | ġewealces |
| Plural | ġewealca |
Dative
| Singular | ġewealce |
| Plural | ġewealcum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġewealc |
| Plural | ġewealc |
Sample Sentences
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bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
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ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela,
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atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat
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nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan,
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þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen (have withstood bitter sorrow,
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known many sorrow-halls in ship,
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loathsome rolling of waves
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where the unquiet night watch
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oft got me at the stem of seacraft
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then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Nouns inflected like gewealc
gefeoht,
gebeorc,
gebland,
gedwild,
gedreag,
gewrixl,
gewealc,
geweald,
geweorc,
gewield,
gesteal,
geswinc,
gearn,
gield,
giedd,
gedwimor,
gebann,
gebind,
gecwed,
gedelf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From ġe- + Proto-Germanic *walką, from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to turn, roll”).
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