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wíd-gal

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gal, adj.
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Wandering, roving Se mé wídgalum wísaþ hwílum sylfum tó ríce, Exon. Th. 401, 1; Rä. 21, 5. v. wíd-gil[l], and next word

Linked entry: wíd-gil

wiþ-gán

(v.)

to go againstact in opposition toin contravention of

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to go against, act in opposition to, in contravention of. Similar entries Cf. wiþ, II. 13 Nǽfre míne lástweardas geðrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit (a grant ) onwenden oððe ðon wiðgǽn, Chart. Th. 29, 14. v. next word

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.
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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

ate-gár

Similar entry: æt-gár

ban-gár

Similar entry: bon-gár

geán-gang

(n.)
Grammar
geán-gang, es; m.
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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

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.
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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 ánne

gár-clife

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

gát-hyrde

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

ge-gaf

(n.)
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buffoonery, scurrility Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig . . . ne cildsung on spǽce, ne ídel gegaf on ǽnig wísan, ne æt hám, ne on síðe, ne on ǽnigre stówe, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 32

of-gán

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Add Nú mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, and man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 600. Add Ábæd Ósgár abbud æt Ælfhere ealdormenn ꝥ hé móste ofgán ꝥ land æt him mid sceatte. Ðá tíþode

tó-gán

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Add Se Hǽlend betǽhte Thóman him hám tó hæbbenne and hí swá tóeódon, Hml. S. 36, 50. Add Hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima ꝥ þá liþa him tógaan, Hml. S. 37, 99. Add Swilce man bláwe áne bytte fulle windes and wyrce siððan án þýrl þonne heó tóþunden

þurh-gán

Grammar
þurh-gán, <b>.
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III.</b> add Þurheóde penetravit, Gr. D. 136, 4. See preceding word

wíd-gal

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Sume dæge þá þá heó swá wídgal swíðe dwolode quadam die dum vaga nimium erraret, Gr. 176, 21. Hé eóde út and mid wídgalum móde worhte á hwæthugu eorðlices egrediebatur et mente vaga terrena aliqua agebat, iii, 13. Add

á-gán

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Add: <b>II b.</b> to pass into possession (of inherited property) Hit eall ágán is þǽron oð on (on þǽron oð, MS.) þíne hand all therein has passed until it has come into your possession, Cht. Th. 486, 33

gár-holt

Similar entry: HOLT

hord-geat

(n.)
Grammar
hord-geat, -gat, es; n.
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A door through which a treasure is reached Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11

galg-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
galg-mód, adj. [galg = gealh sad; mód mind]

Sad in mindgloomytristis anĭmo

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Sad in mind, gloomy; tristis anĭmo His módor, gífre and galg-mód, gegán wolde sorhfulnesíþ his mother, greedy and gloomy, would go a sorrowful journey, Beo. Th. 2558; B. 1277

helle-geat

Grammar
helle-geat, -gat,
  • Homl. Th. i. 288, 1, 4.