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up-gang

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

a going up ⬩ rising of a heavenly body ⬩ a going up ⬩ a landing ⬩ an incursion ⬩ a way of going up

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a going up, rising of a heavenly body Sunnon upgong æt middan sumere ortus solis solstitialis, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 34. Æfter sunnan upgonge, L. Alf. 25; Th. i. 50, 20. Ǽr sunnan upgange, Lchdm. ii. 306, 17. Æt sunnan upgonge, Nar. 27, 17. Fram sunnan

Linked entry: up-gange

gád-íren

(n.)
Grammar
gád-íren, es; n.

A goad

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A goad Hé sceal habban gádíren, Angl. ix. 263, 4

Linked entry: gád-ísen

hand-gang

(n.)
Grammar
hand-gang, -gong, es; m.

Laying on of hands ⬩ laying on of hands

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Laying on of hands Handgang manus impositio, Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 94; Wrt. Voc. 60, 3

gál-freólsas

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For ' Som. . . . Lye ' substitute Gálfreólsas luper-calia An. Ox. 4715. Gálfreólsum lupercalibus, i. idolatriis 4861

gál-full

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For ' Scint. . . . 58 ' substitute Gálful þing wín luxuriosa res uinum Scint. 105, 5. Gelustfullunge gálfulre misláre delectationem libidinose suggestionis 88, 7. Dohter gálfulle filliam luxuriosam 177, 2. Mid wordum gálfullum verbis luxuriosis Angl.

gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Buffoonery, scurrility

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Buffoonery, scurrility Hwǽr biþ his gafsprǽc, and ðá ídelan gamenunga, and his ungemetegode hleahter?, Bas. 50, 28

Linked entry: gaf

gál-ness

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Gálnyss gehorwigende libido sordidans Hy. S. 5, 5. On ðám lændenum is getácnad seó fúle gálnes, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 35: Hml. A. 17, 98. Se óðer leahtor is forligr and ungemetegod gálnyss; sé is geháten fornicatio Hml. S. 16, 276: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 3. Seó

gál-scipe

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Ðis synt þá ídelnessa þisse worlde . . . gálscipe (lascivia), Ll. Th. ii. 174, 33. Se seofoða heáfodgylt ys luxuria ꝥ ys gálscype, Angl. viii. 337, 4. Byrnendes gálscipes flagrantis furie Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 36. Of gálscipe petulantia An. Ox. 5290. Mid

gang-stól

(n.)
Grammar
gang-stól, es; m.

A stool, seat

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A stool, seat of a privy Beþige mon þone bæc-þearm on gongstóle, Lch. ii. 236, 7

Linked entry: gang-setl

gás-ríc

(n.)
Grammar
gás-ríc, es; m.

An impetuous creature, a furious animal

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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom

hin-gang

(n.)
Grammar
hin-gang, -gong,es; m.

A going hence, ⬩ departure, ⬩ death,

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A going hence,departure, death, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 24; Cri. 1413: 30 b; Th. 95, 10; Cri. 1555: 44 b; Th. 150, 24; Gú. 783

hláf-gang

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-gang, es; m.

The procession with the host,

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The procession with the host, L. Eth. vii. 27; Th. i. 334. 34

Linked entry: hláf

wíf-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-gál, adj.

Incontinent ⬩ licentious

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Incontinent, licentious Swá lǽren hí ða wífgálan gesinscipe, swá hí ða forhæbbendan ne gebrengen on unryhthǽmde sic incontinentibus laudetur conjugium, ut tamen jam continentes non revocentur ad luxum. Past. 60; Swt. 453, 30

Linked entry: gál

wí-gár

Similar entry: wíg-gár

wíg-gár

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-gár, es; m.

A lance

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A lance Wígár lancea, wegures (wīgáres?) gewrið amentum Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 46 - 47. Cf. wíg-spere

Linked entries: wegures wí-gár

be-gang

exercise ⬩ labour ⬩ business ⬩ cultivation ⬩ religious practice

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Add: n. exercise, labour, business On bigonge mínum in exercilatione mea, Ps. Spl. C. 54, 2. Mið micle bigeong magno studio, Mt. p. 10, 13. Bigongum exercitiis, i. laboribus, studiis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 61: 29, 58. Hé hine onwende from ealre þisse worlde

galg-mód

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

Sad in mind ⬩ gloomy ⬩ tristis 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

GEAT

(n.)
Grammar
GEAT, gat, es; pl. nom. acc. u, a, o; n.

A gate ⬩ door ⬩ porta ⬩ ostium ⬩ jānua

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A gate, door; porta, ostium, jānua Ic eom sceápa geat ego sum ostium ŏvium, Jn. Bos. 10, 7, 9 : 10, 1, 2. Gangaþ inn þurh ðæt nearwe geat, forðonðe ðæt geat is swýðe wíd intrāte per angustam portam, quia lāta porta est, Mt. Bos. 7, 13, 14. Ðǽr is geat

Linked entry: helle-geat

ge-gaf-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gaf-sprǽc, e; f.

Idle ⬩ wanton ⬩ scoffing speech

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Idle, wanton, scoffing speech Dá wæs seó tunge teartlícor gewítnod for his gegafspræce then was the tongue more sharply punished for his wanton speech, Homl. Th. i. 330, 34. Men willaþ bysmorlíce plegian and mid gegafspræcum Godes hús gefýlan men will

Linked entry: gaf-sprǽc

fald-gang-penig

Similar entry: fald-gang