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for-gán

(v.)

to forgoto abstain fromgo withoutto abstain from

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to forgo. Add: to abstain from, not to use, go without, not to take Hé cuæð ðæt hit wǽre good ðæt mon foreóde flǽsc and wín bonum est non manducare carnem neque bibere uinum, Past. 319, 4. Hé eft ett þæt hé ǽr mid forhefednysse foreóde, Hml. Th. i. 180

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fore-gán

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Foreeáde praeteriit, Mt. L. 14, 15. Foreeádon ł foreád wérun praecedebant, 21, 9. Foreeódon praeibant, Mk. L. 11, 9. Add

ge-gaf

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-gaf, adj.
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The passage given here belongs to gegaf-sprǽce, q. v., but perhaps the adjective ge-gaf may be inferred from the compound gegaf-sprǽce along with the noun ge-gaf; cf. ídel-sprǽce, yfel-sprǽce. Cf. too gegaf-sprǽc and dol-sprǽc

ge-gán

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Add: <b>A.</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif hwelc gigæs (gegaas, L.) on dæg si quis ambulauerit in die, Jn. R. 11, 9. Árás ꝥ mægden and geeóde ( ambulabat ), Mk. L. 5

full-gán

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Add: to follow a profession, carry on an office, apply oneself to, practise a habit Sé ðe his woruldlustum eallum fulgǽþ, Bt. 31, 1; F. 112, 6. Gif hwá forlǽt ǽlc gód and fulgǽþ þám yfele, 36, 6; F. 182, 7. Ꝥ mon fulgá eallum his lustum, 24, 2; F. 82

in-gán

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Hé hine swá swýþe deóplíce mid his láre ineóde þæt hé nǽfre ǽr ne syþþan swylc ne gehýrde numquam ante neque post tam magnam profunditatem scientiae se ab ullius ore audisse testatur, Guth. Gr. 163, 46. Wé ðá cynelican burh Porres mid úrum wǽpnum ineódon

nafu-gár

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ofer-gán

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add: to overspread a surface, occupy Se teter bútan sáre ofergǽð ðone líchoman impetigo sine dolore corpus occupat, Past. 71, 17 : 437, 18. Gif ðone æpl ðæs eágan ðæt fleáh mid ealle ofergséð, ne mæg mon nóht geseón pupilla oculi. . . albuginem tolerans

æfter-gán

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dele

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

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

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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

wíf-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wíf-gál, adj.

Incontinentlicentious

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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

of-gán

(v.)

to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exactto require what is not due, to exact with violence, extortto require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of anotherto start of, make a beginning of anything.

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to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact:- Ic ofgá his blódes gyte æt ðínum handum I will require the shedding of his blood at thy hands, Homl. Th. ii. 340, 24. God ofgǽþ his feoh æt eów, 554, 19. Ic wille ofgán æt ðé his blód, i.6

Linked entry: of-eode

ge-gong

(n.)
Grammar
ge-gong, -gang

fatea falling outan accidentfatum

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fate, a falling out, an accident; fatum, Cot. 48

Linked entry: ge-gang