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gítsere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gítsere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
An avaricious, a covetous person, miser
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  • Ða ðe wéron gítsaras

    qui erant avari,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 14
    • .
  • Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ

    the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him,

    • Homl. Th. i. 64, 33, 35
    • :
    • Bt. 16, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 56, 16
    • .
  • He wæs se wyresta gítsere ðe he gesealde wið feó heofeones hláford

    he was the worst covetous man because he sold for money the lord of heaven,

    • Blickl. Homl. 69, 13, 10
    • .
  • Gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ

    covetous men who take their property from men wrongfully,

    • 61, 21
    • .
Etymology
[
A. R. ȝissare
:
M. H. Ger. gitesære.
]
Linked entries
v.  gýtsere.
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