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gifa

(n.)
Grammar
gifa, gyfa, giefa, geofa, an; m.

A giverbestowerdatorlargitor

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A giver, bestower; dator, largitor Me þincþ betere ðæt ic forléte ða gyfe and folgyge ðam gyfan it seems to me better to leave the gift and follow the giver, Shrn. 176, 19

Linked entries: giefa gefa geofa gyfa

GÁD

(n.; int.)
Grammar
GÁD, gǽd, es; n ?

A lackwantdesiredefectuspēnūriadesīdĕriumappĕtītus

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Nis him wilna gád, ne meara, ne máþma, gif he ðín beneah there is not to him a desire for pleasures, nor horses, nor treasures, if he lacks thee, Exon. 123 b; Th. 475, 6; Bo. 43

gif-heal

(n.)
Grammar
gif-heal, -heall, e; f.

A gift-hallhall in which gifts are distributedaula in qua dominus dona distribuit

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A gift-hall, hall in which gifts are distributed; aula in qua dominus dona distribuit Ymb ða gifhealle around the gift-hall, Beo. Th. 1680; B. 838

gér

(n.)
Grammar
gér, es; n.

a yearannus

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Anglo-Saxon is gér a year, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter g, but for gér a year, as,- RUNE [gér] byþ gumena hiht, ðonne God lǽteþ hrusan syllan beorhte blǽda beornum and þearfum the year is the hope of men, when God letteth the earth give

girn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
girn-ness, e; f.
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Gif hwá of giernesse and gewealdes ofsleá his þone néhstan si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum (Ex. 21, 14), Ll. Th. i. 46, 26. Girnesse operam, Wrt.

Linked entry: gyrnes

tó-gán

(v.)
Grammar
tó-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go in two different directions,to part,separateto be sundered,to partto go in many different directions,to disperse,go away

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of living things, to go in two different directions, to part, separate Gif wíf and wer ǽne tógáþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 2. Apollonius and Hellanicus tóeodon mid ðisum worduin, Ap. Th. 8, 23.

gang

going, walking, moving on foot, step.the sole of the foot (?)the being habitually in a specified conditionpower of walkingof moving aboutmode of walking, walk, gait a walk, journeygo, time, occasion of goinga way, road, path, passage a trackcourse a streama narrative space traversedexpanse coveredan ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate.legal processlegal procedure, processa company of people (?), a gang.a step, staira privy

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Wæs on gange gifu oft geæhted, B. 1884. Ic gong tó þám ágan móste, Jul. 517. Bióðon unrehte in gongum (geongom, L.) erunt praua in directa Lk. R. 3, 5. Gongas (geongas. L.) semitas Mk. R. 1, 3. Geongas, Lk.

gif-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
gif-sceatt, es; m.

A gift-treasurepresentdonum pretiosummunus

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A gift-treasure, present; donum pretiosum, munus Sǽlíðende gifsceattas Geátum feredon sea-voyagers bore gift-treasures for the Gauts, Beo. Th. 761; B. 378

and-git

(n.)
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Add: understanding, intellect Swǽ ðurhfærð his andgiet (-git, Hatt. MS.) ðæt mód his hiéremonna, Past. 154, 11. Se geleáfa ne bið on geárum, ac bið on glǽwum andgitum, Hml.

Linked entry: on-gitenness

gím-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gím-ness, e; f.
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ID, 34. reproof, v. gíman; 2 c Mið gémnisse bróðres correptione fratris Mt. p. 18, 6: Rtl. 43, 27. care for the wants of a person, v. gíman; 3 Dryhten gémnisse hafað mín Dominus curam habet mei Ps. Srt. 39, 18: Lk.

Linked entry: gém-nis

ofer-gán

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Gif ðone æpl ðæs eágan ðæt fleáh mid ealle ofergséð, ne mæg mon nóht geseón pupilla oculi. . . albuginem tolerans nil videt, 69, 18. Seó eorðe bið mid fúlum wætere ofergán, Angl. vii. 48,463.

full-gán

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Þæt hié his giongorscipe fulgán (fyligan, MS.) wolden, Gen. 249. to give effect to, carry out Sé þe ne hwyrfð his mód æfter ídlum geþóhtum, and him mid weorcum fulgǽð, þeáh hí him on mód cumen, Ps.

GÁL

(n.)
Grammar
GÁL, es; n.

Lustwantonnesslightnessfollylascīvialĭbīdoluxŭrialĕvĭtas

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Lust, wantonness, lightness, folly; lascīvia, lĭbīdo, luxŭria, lĕvĭtas Hie hyra gál beswác their folly deceived them, Cd. 18; Th. 21, 21; Gen. 327. Gódes oððe gáles of good or evil, Exon. 23 a; Th, 64, 9; Cri. 1035

gál

(adj.)
Grammar
gál, adj.

Lightpleasantwantonlicentiouswickedlĕvislibīdĭnōsusluxŭriōsusmălus

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Light, pleasant, wanton, licentious, wicked; lĕvis, libīdĭnōsus, luxŭriōsus, mălus Ðam unstæððigan and ðam gálan, ðú miht secggan, ðæt he [MS. hi] biþ winde gelícra, ðonne gemetfæstum monnum to the inconstant and the light [man], thou mayest say that

GANG

(n.)
Grammar
GANG, geng, gong, gung, es; m.

GANGgoingjourneystepwaypathpassagecourse (of time)ĭtergrădusgressusincessusambŭlātiosēmĭtaa passagedrainprivylatrīnasecessus

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GANG, going, journey, step, way, path, passage, course (of time); ĭter, grădus, gressus, incessus, ambŭlātio, sēmĭta Beswícan gangas [MS. M. stepas] míne supplantāre gressus meos, Ps. Spl. C. 139, 5. Mínne gang gressum meum, Ps. Th. 139, 5. Ganges, Beo

gang

Grammar
gang, impert. of gangan.

gocome

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go, come, Cd. 228; Th. 308, 32; Sat. 701 : Gen. 27, 26;

gang

(v.; part.)
Grammar
gang, p. of geongan.

went

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went, Beo. Th. 2595; B. 1295;

GÁR

(n.)
Grammar
GÁR, es; m.

A dartjavelinspearshaftarrowweaponarmsacŭlumpīlumhastahastæ cuspissăgittatēlumarma

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A dart, javelin, spear, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms; acŭlum, pīlum, hasta, hastæ cuspis, săgitta, tēlum, arma Se gár the dart, Beo. Th. 3697; B. 1846. Fleág giellende gár on grome þeóde the yelling shaft flew on the fierce nation, Exon. 86 b; Th. 326,

gat

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

A GATEporta

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A GATE; porta Ðá se Hǽlend geneálǽhte ðære ceastre gate when the Saviour approached the gate of the city, Lk. Bos. 7, 12 : Exon. 12 b; Th, 20, 15; Cri. 318 : Ps. Spl. 117, 19 : Ps. Th. 126, 6

geán

(prep.)
Grammar
geán, prep.

Againstover againston the opposite sidecontra

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Against, over against, on the opposite side; contra Mónaþ is ðonne se móna gecyrþ niwe fram ðære sunnan, óþ-ðæt he eft cume hyre fórne geán a month is when the moon returns new from the sun, until it [the moon] again comes opposite it [the sun], Bd.