gestreon
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ġestrēon n
- treasure, wealth
- production, procreation
- c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, edited and translated by Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume II, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1846, page 92:
- Ġelēaffulle lǣwede menn, þe on rihtum sinsċipe lybbað, āġifað þrītigḟealdne wǣstm gōdra weorca, ġif hī heora æw̄e æfter bōclīcum ġesetnyssum healdað, þæt is, þæt hī for bearnes ġestrēone, on alyfedum tīman, hǣmed begān, and bearneacniġende wīf and mōnaðsēoc forbūgan; and ðonne hēo leng tȳman ne mæġ,̇ ġeswican hī hǣmedes.
- Faithful lay people, who live in righteous marriage, yield thirtyfold fruit of good works, if their marriage follows the biblical decrees; that is, that they have intercourse for the procreation of children at permitted times, and abstain from intercourse with pregnant or menstruating women, and that at the time they can no longer procreate, they cease intercourse.
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġestrēon | ġestrēonu |
| accusative | ġestrēon | ġestrēonu |
| genitive | ġestrēones | ġestrēona |
| dative | ġestrēone | ġestrēonum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: strain