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GÁT

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
GÁT, nom. acc; gen. gáte, gǽte; dat. gǽt; pl. nom. acc. gǽt, gét; gen. gáta; dat. gátum; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §134; §315; §411;
A she-GOAT; capra
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  • Ic blǽte swá gát

    I bleat as a goat.

    • Exon. 106 b
    • ;
    • Th. 406, 17
    • ;
    • Rä. 25, 2.
  • Gát

    capra vel capella,

    • Wrt. Voc. 78, 33 : 287, 36 : 288, 16.
  • Gáte blód

    goat's blood,

    • Med. ex Quadr. 6, 4
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 352, 3.
  • Gáte flǽsc

    goat's flesh,

    • L. M. 1, 31
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 72, 8.
  • Gáte horn

    a goat's horn,

    • Med. ex Quadr. 6, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 350, 17.
  • Gǽte meolc

    goat's milk,

    • L. M. 1, 7
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 52, 13.
  • Genim ðæt wæter ðe innan gǽt byþ

    take the water which is inside a goat,

    • Med. ex Quadr. 6, 10
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 352, 19.
  • Geoffra me áne þríwintre gát

    sūme mihi capram trīmam,

    • Gen. 15, 9 : Lev. 3, 12 : 4, 28 : 5. 6.
  • Hý beofiaþ fóre Freán, swá fúle swá gǽt

    they shall tremble before the Lord, as foul as goats,

    • Exon. 26 a
    • ;
    • Th. 75, 34
    • ;
    • Cri, 1231.
  • He asyndrode twáhund gáta

    sepărāvit capras ducentas,

    • Gen. 32, 14.
  • Gáta hús

    a goat-house;

    caprīle,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 108
    • ;
    • Som. 78, 112
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 58, 27.
  • Gáta loc

    an enclosure for goats,

    • Wrt. Voc. 288, 20.
  • Gáta hierde

    a goat-herd,

    • 288, 21.
  • Gif seó offrung beó of gátum

    si oblātio est de capris,

    • Lev. 1, 10.
  • Drihten toscǽt hí on twá, swá swá scéphyrde toscǽt scép fram gátum : gelogaþ he ða scép on his swíðran hand, and ða gǽt on his wynstran

    the Lord will part them into two, as a shepherd parts sheep from goats : he will place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 106, 27-29.
  • Buccan oððe gét geseón ferþrunge getácnaþ

    to see bucks or goats betokens advancement,

    • Somn. 126
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 206, 2.
  • Gif ðú gesihst manega gét, ýdel getácnaþ

    if thou seest many goats it betokens vanity,

    • 273
    • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 214, 1.
  • Wæterbuca vel gát

    tippŭla [ = an insect that runs swiftly over the water, the water-spider, water-spinner ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 23
    • ;
    • Som. 60, 10
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 24, 14.
Etymology
[
Chauc. gat
:
Laym. gat, got
:
Orm. gat
:
Dut. geit, f
:
Ger. geisz, f
:
M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. geiz, f
:
Goth. gaits, f
:
Dan. ged, m. f
:
Swed. get, f
:
Icel. geit, f
:
Lat. hædus, m. a young goat, kid
:
Wel. gid, giten, f. a she goat, young goat.
]
Derived forms
firgen-gát
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