Havelok the Dane (Legendary character) -- Romances
Whar bin thi _glewmen_ that schuld thi _glewe_,
With harp and fithel, and tabour bete.
_Disp. betw. the bodi & saul_, ap. Leyd. Compl. of Scotl.
Glotuns, _n. pl._ Fr. gluttons, wicked men, 2104.
Va, _Glutun_, envers tei nostre lei se defent.
_K. Horn_, 1633, MS. Douce.
Cf. K. Horn, 1124, ap. Rits., Yw. and Gaw. 3247; R. Cœur de L. 5953, and
Chauc.
Gnede, _adj._ S. niggardly, frugal, 97. Nearly equivalent to _chinche_,
l. 1763. Printed _guede_ in Sir Tr. p. 169. [Cf. _Gnede_ in Halliwell,
and A.S. _gneadlícnes_, frugality.]
God, _n._ S. gain, wealth, goods, 797, 2034; _pl._ gode, 1221. R. Gl.,
R. Br., Chauc.
God, Gode, _adj._ S. good, excellent, 7, &c.
Goddot, Goddoth, _interj._ god wot! 606, 642, 796, 909, 1656, 2543; cf.
2527. It is formed probably in the same manner as _Goddil_, for God’s
will, in Yorksh. and Lanc. V. Craven dialect, and View of Lanc. dialect,
1770, 8vo. The word before us appears to have been limited to
Lincolnshire or Lancashire, and does not appear in the Glossaries. Other
instances are in the _Cursor Mundi_, MS. Cott. Vesp. F. iii. fol. 87_b_,
and in MS. Cott. Galba E. ix. fol. 61. It also occurs in a translation
of a French Fabliau, written in the reign of Edw. I.
_Goddot!_ so I wille,
And loke that thou hire tille,
And strek out hire thes.
_La fablel & la cointise de dame Siriz_, MS. Digb. 86.
Grundtvig told me (adds Sir F. Madden) that it is “undoubtedly the same
interjection spelled _Ioduth_ in the old Danish rime-chronicle.”
Gome, _n._ S. man, 7.
Gon, _v._ S. to go, walk, 113, 1045. _Goth_, _imp._ go ye, 1780. _Gon_,
_part. pa._ gone, 2692.
Gonge, Gongen. _See_ Gange.
Gore, 2497. _See_ Grim.
Gos, _n._ S. goose, 1240. _Gees_, _pl._ 702.
Gouen. _See_ Yeue.
Goulen, _pr. t. pl. 2 p._ S. howl, cry, 454. _Gouleden_, _pa. t. pl._
howled, cried, 164.
An _yollen_ mote thu so heye,
That ut berste bo thin ey.
_Hule and Nihtingale_, l. 970.
Used also by Wickliffe. In Scotland and the North it is still preserved,
but in the South _Yell_ is used as an equivalent. _See_ Jam. and Gl.
Lynds.
Gram, _n._ S. grief, 2469.
Graten, _v._ S. [_grǽtan_] to weep, cry, cry out, 329. _Grede_, 96.
_Grete_, _pres. pl._ 454, 2703. _Gret_, _pa. t._ cried out, wept, 615,
1129, 2159. _Gredde_, 2417. _Greten_, _pa. t. pl._ wept, 164, 415, 2796.
_Grotinde_, _part. pr._ weeping, 1390. _Graten_, _part. pa._ wept, 241.
_Igroten_, 285. _See_ Jam. and Gl. Lynds.
Graue, _v._ S. to bury, 613. _Grauen_, _part. pa._ buried, 2528. Web.,
Sir Guy, Ii. iv., Chauc.
Greme, _v._ S. to irritate, grieve, 442. In R. Br. _Gram_ is used as a
verb, in the same sense.
Grene, _n._ desire, lust, 996. It is simply the Mœso-Goth. _gairuni_,
lust; Icel. _girni_, desire. V. Jam. in v. Grene. Halliwell suggests
_sport_, _play_, to which it is _opposed_.
Gres, _n._ S. grass, 2698.
Gret, _adj._ S. great, heavy, loud, 807, 1860. _Greth_, 1025; _pl._
grete, 1437, 1862. _Grettere_, _comp._ greater, 1893.
Grete. _See_ Graten.
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