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GEALLA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
GEALLA, ealla, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§276; §401;
GALL, bile; fel, bīlis
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  • Gealla fel vel

    bīlis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 76
    • ;
    • Som. 71, 111
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 45, 17.
  • Ðe cymeþ of togotennysse ðæs geallan

    which cometh of effusion of the gall,

    • Herb. 141, 2 : Lchdm. i. 262, 12, MS. O : 146, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 270, 4, MS. H.
  • Hig sealdon hym wín drincan mid geallan gemenged

    dĕdērunt ei vīnum bĭbĕre cum felle mistum,

    • Mt. Bos. 27, 34 : Exon. 29 a
    • ;
    • Th. 88, 13
    • ;
    • Cri. 1439.
  • Wið seóndum geallan

    for straining out bile,

    • L. M. 3, 11
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 314, 7.
a gall, fretted place on the skin; intertrīgo
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  • Wið horses geallan

    for a horse's gall,

    • L. M. 1, 88
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 156, 21.
  • Lácna ðone geallan mid

    cure the gall therewith,

    • 1, 88
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 156, 21.
Etymology
[
Orm. galle
:
O. Sax. galla, f
:
Dut. gal, f
:
Ger. M. H. Ger. galle, f
:
O. H. Ger. galla, f
:
Dan. galde, m. f
:
Swed. galle, m
:
Icel. gall, n
:
Lat. fel, n
:
Grk. χολή, f; χόλos, m.
]
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v.  ealla.
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  • GEALLA, n.