ge

Pronunciation: /jeː/

“ge” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

pronoun

you (plural): nominative plural of þū

conjunction

and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jiʀ, from *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian jī, Old Saxon gi, Dutch gij, Old High German ir (German ihr), Old Norse ér (Swedish I, later ni), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐍃 (jus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian ju, Proto-Baltic *ju- (Lithuanian jūs), Tocharian A yas, Tocharian B yes.

More Old English words

gat
gatanstig
gathierde
Gaþes
gea
geabelgan
geabidan
geac

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