Gēar is hƿyrftlic tīd þǣreeorðe tō ful gānne be þǣresunnan. For ƿæccende on eorðe, þēos stend ƿiþ þā tīd þe is geþorften fram þǣre sunnan tō endienne ānne ƿeg geond þonecirculcræft andlang þǣmāsprungennessƿege.
On tungolcræfte is þætIulianisce gēar isgemet tīman, tōmearcod tō 365.25umdaga þāre ǣlc hafaþ 86,400Geondrīciscre Endebyrdnesse ēagantīda .[1]
Þǣr nis nān ƿoruldƿīde andfenge tācn þæs gēares tō gemete tīde. SēoGeondrīcisce Endebyrdness Gemeta ne foreseteþ ān. Gemǣne sceortness gebrocen geondrīclīce isa (æfter þǣm Lǣdnan ƿordeannus).
For þǣre eorðeeaxisce hleoninge, se ƿeg gēares fēreþ þā fernesse þāratīmena, gesundrode fram andƿednungum inƿeðere, and on stundumdæges lēohtes, and þæs ēac onƿyrtum andeorþƿēlan.Inmedumƿearmum andundereaxlendiscum stedum, oftost sind fēoƿer tīman gecūðe:Lencten,Sumer,Hærfest andǷinter, þe sind tungollīce gesundrod þā sēo sunne cymþ tō þǣm tīdumefennihte andsunnstedes, þēah þā medumƿeðerlice tīmanlatiaþ æfter heora tungollicum mearcum.In sumumƿearmbeltiscum andunderƿearmbeltiscum stedum is hit gemǣnre tō sprecenne be þǣmregnigum (ēac "ƿǣt" gehāten) tīman ƿiþ þonedrygan tīman.
Consulabēc gēar is nēahsagu þǣre eorðe hƿirftlice tīde on sumreconsulabēc.Consulabēc gēar in þǣreGregorianiscan consulabēc (ēacsƿā on þǣreIulianiscan consulabēc) hafaþ oþþe 365 (gemǣne gēar) oþþe 366 (bissextus) daga.
Þæt ƿord "gēar" is ēac gebrocen tō tīdum þe sind nēahlīce gelīce ac ne ful gelīc ge þǣm tungolican gēare ge þǣm consulabēc gēare, sƿelce þættīmisce gēar, þætfeohhƿyrftlice gēar oþþe þætgyldisce gēar, and manig ōðru gēarcynd.Þurh reccinge cann þæt ƿordgēar mǣnan þā hƿyrftlican tīde ǣnigesdƿeligendes: tō bȳsne, "Tīƿlic gēar" is sēo tīd on þǣreTīƿ dēþ his āgnan hƿyrfte.
