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gear

Pronunciation: /jæ͜ɑːr/

“gear” is an Old English word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. year
  2. The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
  3. c. 9-12 CE, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  4. Þis wæs fēorþes ġēares his rīċes
  5. This was in the fourth year of his reign.
  6. late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Sebastian, Martyr"
  7. age, years old (+plural genitive)
  8. harvest
  9. the runic character ᛄ (/j/)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-.

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