Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
Galle, gall, stain, filth, A. 1060; B. 1022. Cf. to _gall_, fret. Fr.
_galler_. W. _gwall_. O.N. _galli_, fault, imperfection. Dan. _gal_,
wrong, ill.
Gain, against, A. 138.
Gardyn, A. 260.
Gare, cause, make, drive, A. 331; B. 690. N.Prov.E. _gar_. O.N.
_göra_, _gera_.
Garlande, A. 1186.
Garnyst, garnished, ornamented, B. 1277.
Gart, forced, made, A. 1151. See _gare_; _garten_, _3d pers. pl._
A. 86.
Gate, way, A. 395, 526; B. 676, 931. See T. B. 6292. O.N. _gata_.
{Gaule, Gawle,} A. 463; C. 285. See _galle_.
{Gay, Gaye,} A. 260; B. 830, 1315.
Gayn, _vb._ avail, A. 343; C. 164; prevail, B. 1608. Sc. _gane_;
_gain_, to be fit or suitable.
{Gayn, Gayne,} useful, available, good, B. 259, 749.
{Gaynly, Gaynlych,} gainly, gracious, B. 728; C. 83. Cf. ungainly =
awkward. O.N. _gegn_, convenient, suitable; _gegna_, to meet.
Gaȝafylace, royal treasury, B. 1283.
Geder, gather, C. 105.
Gef, gave, A. 174.
Gele, spy, see, A. 931.
Gemme, A. 253.
Gendered, engendered, B. 300.
Gendreȝ, genders, kinds, B. 434.
Generacyoun, A. 827.
{Gent, Gente,} gentle, noble, gracious, A. 118, 253, 265; B. 1495.
Gentryse, nobleness, B. 1159, 1216.
Gentyl, noble, A. 278; _gentyleste_, A. 1015; B. 1180.
Gentylmen, B. 864.
Gere, gear, B. 16; C. 148.
Gere, clothing, attire, B. 1811.
Gered, covered, clothed, ornamented, B. 1344, 1568. O.N. _gerfi_. A.S.
_gearwa_, habiliments. O.H.G. _garawi_, ornament, dress. A.S.
_gearwan_; _gearwian_, make ready, prepare, supply.
Gesse, tell, A. 499. Norse, _gissa_.
Geste, tale, saying, A. 277.
{Geste, Gest,} guest, B. 98, 640.
Gettes, devices, B. 1354. O.N. _geta_, to conceive. A.S.
“and-_gitan_,” get, know, understand.
Geuen, given, A. 1190.
Gilde, gilt, B. 1344.
Giles, gills, C. 269.
Gilofre, gilly flower, A. 43. Fr. _giroflée_. Lat. _caryophyllus_,
a clove.
Glace = glance, A. 171. Fr. _glacer_, _glacier_, slide, slip. Cf. O.E.
_glace_, to polish, glance as an arrow turned aside.
Glade, _vb._ to gladden, A. 861.
Glam, word, message, B. 499; C. 63; talk, speech, B. 830; noise,
B. 849. Obsolete Swedish, _glamm_, talk, chatter; _glamma_, to talk,
chatter. Gael. _glam_, outcry. O.N. _glam_, clash; _glamra_, to
rattle. Sc. _glamer_, noise, clatter.
“Alle thire he closis in that cliffe, and cairis on forthire,
To the occyann at the erthes ende, and, ther in an ilee, he heres
A grete _glaver_ and a _glaam_ of grekin tongis.”
--(K. Alex. p. 188.)
{Glas, Glasse,} A. 990, 1025.
Glauere, to deceive, A. 688. Cf. N.Prov.E. _glaver_, _glaiver_, to
talk foolishly; _glauver_, flattery. W. _glafr_. Irish _glafaire_,
a babbler.
“Sir,” sais syr Gawayne,
“So me gode helpe,
Siche _glaverande_ gomes
greves me bot lyttille.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 212.)
See extract under word _glam_.
Glaymande, slimy, C. 269. Cf. “gleyme or rewme, reuma;” “gleymyn or
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