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gǽlsa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gǽlsa, an; m.
A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit
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  • Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (

    he will be a glutton of work

    ),
      Lch. iii. 158, 15.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. geilisón luxuriare.]
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  • gǽlsa, n.