A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Gain, _adj._ == elegant, gainly. Wright's L. P. p. 29. ON. gegn. Su. Goth.
gen
Gain, _v. a._ == obtain. Pol. S. 151
Gainsay, _sb._ == contradiction. Ps. lxxix. 7
Gale, _sb._ == banquet or dance. Wright's L. P. p. 26. Fr. gale. AS. gal
---- == chattering, noise. Alys. 2047; a song. Alys. 2548. AS. galan
Galegale, _sb._ == noise, twittering. O. and N. 256
Galek, _sb._ c.o.k. 103; a mistake for 'garlek,' which is the reading of MS.
Harl. 913
Galingale, _sb._ == the sweet cyperus. c.o.k. 71. Fr. galangue
Gall, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 99
Gallon, _sb._ K. Horn, 1155. Rel. S. vii. 37
Gallop, _v. n._ Alys. 461. Goth. 'hlaupan.' with 'ga' prefixed
Gallows, _sb._ HD. 1161
Gallowtree, _sb._ HD. 43
Gambison, _sb._ == a stuffed doublet, Alys. 5151. Fr. gambais. Goth.
wamba. See Burguy, _s. v._ gambais
Game, _sb._ == sport. RG. 567, 375; [gome]. O. and N. 521
Gamen, _sb._ == sport, pleasure. HD. 2135. AS. gamen
Gan, _vb._ == began. 98 B.; [gonne]. RG. 371
Gange, _v. n._ == go. HD. 1057. AS. gangan
---- _sb._ == going, footstep. Ps. xvi. 5
Gangle, _v. n._ == jangle. Alys. 7413
Gaoler, _sb._ Pilate, 218
Gardener, _sb._ Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 20
Gargaze, _sb._ == throat. Alys. 3636. Fr. gargate
Garland, _sb._ Pol. S. 218. Fr. garlande, from Lat. gyrus
Garlic, _sb._ c.o.k. 103
Garner, _sb._ Pol. S. 238. AS. gearo, ready
Garnet, _sb._ Wright's L. P. p. 25. Fr. grenat
Garste, _v. a._ == terrify. See Gast
Garyson, _sb._ == reward, payment. RG. 409, 413. Fr. garison
---- == care, office. 790 B.
Gast, _v. a._ == terrify. Wright's L. P. p. 90; [garste]. Pol. S. 222
Gaste, == ghost. _q. v._
Gate, _sb._ == way. Ps. i. 6; 'thus gate,' == this way. HD. 2586. ON. gata
---- == manner, fas.h.i.+on. HD. 2419
Gate, _sb._ == entrance to a house. RG. 539, 394. AS. geat
Gateward, _sb._ == doorkeeper. K. Horn, 1099
Gather, _v. a._ RG. 380, 505
---- _v. n._ part. 'gaderyng.' Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Gaveler, _sb._ == usurer. Ps. cviii. 11. AS. gafel
Gavelock, _sb._ == javelin. Alys. 1355. Ps. liv. 22. AS. gafeloc
Gay, _adj._ Wright's L. P. p. 52
Gear, _sb._ == dress, appearance. Wright's L. P. p. 36. AS. gearwa
Geld, _adj._ == impotent, barren. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. Ps. cxii. 9
Geld, _v. a._ Wright's L. P. p. 24
Geldhede, _sb._ == barrenness. Ps. x.x.xiv. 12
Gem, _sb._ [zimme]. RG. 489
General, _adj._ RG. 495
Genge, _sb._ == family. HD. 790
---- == host, army; [gyng]. Alys. 922
