"gear" meaning in Old English

See gear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jæ͜ɑːr/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*jār}} Proto-West Germanic *jār, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*jērą}} Proto-Germanic *jērą, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*yeh₁r-}} Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=ġēar|sort=}} ġēar n, {{ang-noun|n|head=ġēar}} ġēar n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|ġēar}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ġēar|ġēar|ġēar|ġēar|ġēares|ġēara|ġēare|ġēarum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ġēar [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], ġēar [nominative, singular], ġēar [nominative, plural], ġēar [accusative, singular], ġēar [accusative, plural], ġēares [genitive, singular], ġēara [genitive, plural], ġēare [dative, singular], ġēarum [dative, plural]
  1. year
    Sense id: en-gear-ang-noun-TLTqJVg8
  2. age, years old (+plural genitive)
    Sense id: en-gear-ang-noun-2tB23stn Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 25 33
  3. (good) harvest
    Sense id: en-gear-ang-noun-0IfugZav Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 25 33
  4. (good) harvest
    (Runic alphabet) name of the j-rune (ᛄ)
    Categories (topical): Runic letter names
    Sense id: en-gear-ang-noun-OFKLugA- Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 25 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ġǣr, ġēr [Anglian] Derived forms: ġeāra (english: uncertain), ġēardagas, ġēares dæġ, ġēarlīċ, ġēarġemynd

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