gagátes
- noun [ masculine ]
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Hér biþ eác geméted gagátes, se stán biþ blæc-gym
here is also found the agate, the stone is a black gem,
- Bd. 1, 1 ;
- S. 473. 24.
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Sceaf gagátes dǽl ðæs stánes on ðæt wín
shave off a part of the stone agate into the wine,
- L. M. 2, 65 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 296, 11.
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Be ðam stáne ðe gagátes hátte, is sǽd ðæt he viii mægen hæbbe
of the stone which is called agate, it is said that it hath eight virtues,
- 2, 66 ;
- Lchdm. iii. 296, 29.
Bosworth, Joseph. “gagátes.” 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/13199.
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