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gyte

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gyte, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§386;
A pouring, shedding, inundation, flood
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  • Beó his blódes gyte ofer úrum bearnum

    his bloodshed be upon our children,

      Homl. Th. ii. 252, 20.
  • Gyte inundatio, Cot. 108, Lye. Ne mihton hí for ðam ormǽtan gyte heora fét of ðære cytan astyrian

    they could not move their feet from the cottage for the excessive flood,

      Homl. Th. ii. 184, 6.
  • Martyrdóm biþ gefremmed ná on blódes gyte ánum

    martyrdom is effected not by bloodshed only,

    i.
      544. 24 : Mt. Kmbl. 23, 30.
  • Mid teára gytum

    with sheddings of tears,

      Blickl. Homl. 61, 20.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. gussi diluvium; gussa inundatio; guz fusio, Grff. iv. 285 : Ger. guss.]
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