A few days ago
Anonymous

How is “Geat” pronounced?

I am reading Beowulf, and Beowulf and his people are called “Geats”, from Sweden. How is “Geat” pronounced? Does it:

a) rhyme with “Great”

b) rhyme with “Feat”

c) sound like “Git”

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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Geat is pronounced in either of the following ways:

gēt = b) rhyme with “Feat”,

or yāt. = a) rhyme with “Great”.

Geat is listed at dictionary.com.

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4 years ago
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Geat Pronunciation
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A few days ago
Anonymous
Wow – Beowulf was a LONG time ago. I *think* that it rhymes with “great,” though.
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