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wæl-gár

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-gár, es; m.

A deadly spear

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A deadly spear Wælgár slíteþ, Exon. Th. 354, 46; Reim. 61. Ðǽr wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, wígcyrm micel, Cd. Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1990

wæter-gát

Linked entry: gát

gád-ísen

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Add: Cf. Similar entries gád-íren

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.

Flown with wine ⬩ wanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

Gal-walas

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Hé hyne onsende tó Galwala mǽgðe tó þǽre ceastre þe ys nemned Limouex, Shrn. 98, 27. Add

gár-æcer

(n.)
Grammar
gár-æcer, es; m.

A strip of land tapering at one end

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A strip of land tapering at one end, not having parallel sides like the ordinary acre-strip, v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., s. v. gored acres On ǽnne gáran; ðonne of ðan gáran on ánne gáræcer; ðæt andlanges ðǽre fyrh tó ánum andheáfdum . . . ðanon west on

gár-clife

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Gárclife agrimonia Wrt. Voc. i. 67, 13. Add

gang-ern

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Ganren preclauam (clauú, MS.), Hpt. 33, 246, 80. Add

gang-setl

A stool

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Add: A stool (of a privy) Þás úplendiscan wíf wyllað oft drincan and furþon etan fúllíce on gangsetlum . . . hit is bysmor þæt ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gange þæt meox út fram, and drince þonne ǽgðer ge þæt

gang-tún

A draught-house

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Add: A draught-house Hí worhton ánne gangtún þǽr ðǽr se god Baal ǽr wæs gewurðod (they brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house ; fecerunt pro æde Baal latrinas, 2 Kings 10, 27), Hml. S. 18, 379

Linked entry: tún

gát-hyrde

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Gáthiorde caprarius Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 27. Add

geán-gang

(n.)
Grammar
geán-gang, es; m.

a going back, return ⬩ a going to meet

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a going back, return Gif man mægðman néde genimeð . . . Gif gǽngang geweorðeð . . . if return takes place (i. e. if the woman goes back to the people she was taken from), Ll. Th. i. 24, 7. a going to meet Gægng (= -geong?) obbiatio ( = obviatio ), Rtl

Linked entry: gængang

on-gang

(n.)
Grammar
on-gang, es; m.

an entrance ⬩ an irruption, attack, a going with violence

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an entrance Ongongas ingressus, Ps. Spl. C. 67, 26. an irruption, attack, a going with violence Ongong incursus, irruptio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 44: 111, 47. Ongeong (-gong, Rush.), impetus, Mk. Skt. Lind, 5, 13

tite-gár

(n.)
Grammar
tite-gár, ategár

read (?)

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read (?) Titegárum phalarica, lanceis magnis (cf. ategára falarica, hasta, 521, 6), Hpt. Gl. 425, 14

forþ-gang

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forþ-gang, (-geong).

a going forth of a place ⬩ a going forth to a place ⬩ a going on ⬩ course ⬩ progress ⬩ successful progress ⬩ success ⬩ an exit ⬩ a passage ⬩ a privy

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Add: a going forth of a place Forðgang egressio, Ps. L. 18, 7. a going forth to a place Hire forbeád þone forðgang (-gong, v. l.) seó sceomu tó þǽre cyrichálgunge cum processionem imperaret verecundia, Gr. D. 72, 16. a going on, course, progress Forðganges

set-gang

(n.)
Grammar
set-gang, es; m.

Setting of the sun

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Setting of the sun Ofer setgong super occasum, Ps. Surt. 67, 5: 49, 2: 103, 19

sin-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
sin-gal, adj.

everlasting ⬩ perpetual ⬩ continual ⬩ constant ⬩ without intermission ⬩ daily ⬩ in succession ⬩ continuous ⬩ lasting

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referring to things of the next life, everlasting, perpetual Dreám ys singal canor est jugis, Hymn. Surt. 58, 4. On ðam heofenlícum éðele is singal leóht, Lchdm. iii. 240, 12: Homl. Th. i. 238, 5: Rood Kmbl. 280; Kr. 141. Ðǽr (in hell) is á singal sorh

Linked entry: -gal

ate-gár

Similar entry: æt-gár

ban-gár

Similar entry: bon-gár

symbel-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
symbel-gál, adj.

Wanton with feasting

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Wanton with feasting Se ðe him wínes glæd wilna brúceþ, siteþ him symbelgál, Exon. Th. 449, 30; Dóm. 79