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GÁD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
GÁD, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§215; §265; §315; §367;
A point of a weapon, spear or arrow-head, sting, prick, GOAD; cuspis, acŭleus, stĭmŭlus
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  • Gád

    cuspis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 288, 23.
  • Gád

    stĭmŭlus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 75; 1.
  • Se yrþling ná gáde hæfþ, búton of cræfte mínum

    ărātor nec stĭmŭlum hăbet, nĭsi ex arte mea,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 31.
  • Hafaþ gúþmecga gyrde lange, gyldene gáde

    the warrior has a long rod, a golden goad,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 183
    • ;
    • Sal. 91.
Etymology
[
Goth. gazds, m. a prick, sting
:
Swed. gadd, m. a sting
:
Icel. gaddr, m. a goad, spike, sting.
]
Derived forms
gád-ísen
Linked entries
v.  gaad gǽd.
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  • GÁD, n.