Gadeling, _sb._ == lit. ‘companion;’ thence afterwards a term of reproach, vagabond. RG. 310. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 485. AS. gædeling Gaff, _sb._ == an iron hook. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174. Fr. gaffe Gage, _sb._ == pledge. Alys. 7236. Fr. gage. Lat. vadium Gain, _adj._ == elegant, gainly. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. ON. gégn. 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. gál ---- == chattering, noise. Alys. 2047; a song. Alys. 2548. AS. galan Galegale, _sb._ == noise, twittering. O. and N. 256 Galek, _sb._ Cok. 103; a mistake for ‘garlek,’ which is the reading of MS. Harl. 913 Galingale, _sb._ == the sweet cyperus. Cok. 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._ Cok. 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, fashion. HD. 2419 Gate, _sb._ == entrance to a house. RG. 539, 394. AS. geát 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. xxxiv. 12 Gem, _sb._ [zimme]. RG. 489 General, _adj._ RG. 495 Genge, _sb._ == family. HD. 790 ---- == host, army; [gyng]. Alys. 922 ---- == nation. Ps. ii. 8. AS. genge Gent, _adj._ == gentle. RG. 24 Gentle, _adj._ == noble. RG. 420 Gentleman, _sb._ [gengylman]. RG. 323 Gentrise, _sb._ == nobleness, RG. 46, 434 Georre, _sb._ == anger. M. Ode, 139. AS. eorre, which is the reading of one MS.