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Gota

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Gota, an; m.
A Goth; Gothus; chiefly used in the pl; nom. acc. Gotan; gen. Gotena; dat. Gotum; m. The Goths
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  • Unrím mánes se Gota fremede

    the Goth perpetrated an excess of wickedness,

      Bt. Met. Fox 1, 89; Met. 1, 45.
VISIGOTHS or West Goths, under Alríca, q. v. A. D. 382-410, etc
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  • Ða [MS. ðe] Gotan of Sciððiu mǽgþe, wið Rómána ríce gewin upahófon; and mið heora cyningum, Rǽdgota and Ealleríca [Alríca] wǽron hátne, Rómáne burig abrǽcon

    the Goths, from the country of Scythia, made war against the empire of the Romans; and with their kings, who were called Rhadgast and Alaric, sacked the Roman city

    [A. D. 410], Bt. 1; Fox 2, 1.

  • Seó hergung wæs þurh Alarícum [acc. Lat.] Gotena cyning geworden

    hæc inruptio per Alarīcum regem Gothorum facta est,

      Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

  • Ða Gotan coman of ðám hwatestan mannan Germania

    the Goths came from the bravest men of Germany,

      Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 34, 5, 11.
OSTROGOTHS, or East Goths, under Ermanric,
    Þeódric, q. v. A. D. 475-526, etc
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  • Gotan eástan of Sciððia sceldas lǽddon

    Goths from the east led their army from Scythia,

      Bt. Met. Fox 1, 2; Met. 1, 1.

  • Hú Gotan gewunnon Rómána ríce

    how the Goths conquered the empire of the Romans,

      Bt. titl. i; Fox x. 2.

  • Eormanríc áhte wíde folc Gotena ríces

    Ermanric possessed the wide nations of the kingdom of the Goths,

      Exon. 100 b; Th. 378, 28; Deor. 23: 86 a: Th. 324, 3; Wid. 89: 86 b; Th. 325, 10; Wid. 109.

  • Weóld Eormanríc Gotum

    Ermanric ruled the Goths,

      Exon. 85 a; Th. 319, 27; Wid. 18.
Etymology
[Icel. Goti, pl. Gotnar.]
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v. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. C. xviii.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Gota.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17412.

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