Ȝete, offer, give, A. 558. O.E. _yate_ (_pret._ _yatte_). O.N. _géta_. “He _yatte_ hir freli al hir bone (prayer).” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 47a.) _Gate_, in T. B. 979, seems to mean a request. “And he hir graunted þat _gate_ with a good wille.” Ȝete, yet, A. 1061. Ȝeȝed, spoke, B. 846. Prov. Ger. _gaggen_, to stutter, gabble. Ȝif, if, B. 758. Ȝise, truly, yes, C. 117. Ȝisterday, yesterday, B. 463. Ȝokke, yoke, B. 66. Ȝolden, restored, B. 1708. Ȝolpe, _vb._ boast, B. 846. A.S. _gilpan_. Ȝomerly, sorrowful, lamentable, B. 971. A.S. _geomor_, sad; _geomorlíc_, doleful. Cf. _ȝomeryng_, T. B. 1722. Ȝon, yon, A. 693; B. 772. Ȝonde, yonder, B. 721. {Ȝong, Ȝonge,} young, A. 412, 474; B. 783. Ȝore, before, A. 586. A.S. _geara_. Ȝore-fader, forefather, A. 322. Ȝore-whyle, ere-while, B. 842. Ȝornen (_3rd pers. pl. pret._), ran, B. 881. A.S. _ge-yrnan_, to run. Ȝyrd, go, hasten, A. 635. The original meaning of _ȝyrd_ is perhaps a sudden sting, blow, hence to strike, then to start forward. Goth. _gazd_, a sting, goad. Lat. _hasta_. O.E. _gird_, to strike. “_Gird_ out the grete teth of the grym best.” --(T. B. 177.) Errata (noted by transcriber) Typographical Errors “Bacus he was brayne-wode for _bebbing_ of wynes.” [ofwynes] Comyne, B. . See T. B. 12863. [_printed as shown: the word “comynes” appears at B. 1747_] [_The only number that fits the space is 111. This entry is not in the 1864 edition; the editor may have left a space, intending to come back and fill in the correct line number._] {Endure, Endeure,} A. 476, 1082. [_“Eudeure” but body text and 1864 edition both have “Endeure”_] Harlot, underling ... To “do _harlottry_, scurrari.” [_open quote conjectural: also missing in 1864 edition_] Soerly, an error for _Soberly_, B. 117. [_“on error” but 1864 edition has “an error“_] {Sulp, Sulpe,} ... M.H.D. _be-sulwen_. [_printed as shown: error for “M.H.G.”?_] Styȝtle ... _stightill_ the Realme.” [_“the / the” at line break_] Punctuation and Mechanics