A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Gang, sb. going, S2.

Gangen, v. to go, S, PP; gang, S3; gangande, pr. p., PP; gangand, S2; gonge, 2 pr. s. subj.,S.—­AS. gangan.

Ganien, v. to yawn, gape, SkD; gane, Manip., Palsg., S3, C3; gone, S2; 3*anin, Prompt.—­AS. gAinian (Voc.).

Gar, v. to cause, make, S3; gare, H; gart, pt. s., S2, PP; see Ger.

Gardin, sb. garden, SkD, C2; gardyn, PP; gardyne, PP; gardayne, Manip.; gairding, S3.—­AF. gardin (F. jardin).

Garget, sb. throat, CM; see Gorget.

Garite, sb. a watch-tower, look-out on the roof of a house or castle-wall, S3; garytte, a high ‘solere’, Prompt.; garett, HD; garret, Cotg. (s. v. tourelle); garettes, pl., Prompt, (n); garrettes, projecta, Manip.—­OF. garite; cp.  Span, garA-ta.

Garlek, sb. garlick, PP; garleke, Alph.; garleek, C; garlekke, Prompt,; garlike, P; garlik, PP.—­AS. gAirlA(C)ac (Voc.).

Garnet, sb. a kind of precious stone; garnettes, pl., SkD; granat, Cotg. (s.v. grenat); granate-stone (Florio).  Cp.  It. granAita, pomegranate, garnet.  See Grain.

Garnet-appille, sb. pomegranate, HD.  See Apple-garnade.

Garth, sb. an enclosure, HD, S3, H; orchard, Manip.; garthe, sepes, Cath.; garthis, pl., H.—­Icel. garA deg..  See 3*erd.

Gas, pr. s. goes; see Gan.

Gast, sb. spirit, S, S2; see Gost.

Gastlike, adj. spiritual, S; see Gostliche.

Gat, sb. goat, S; gayte, S3; pl., H; gate, S, S3; see Goot.

Gate, sb. way, path, street, PP, CM, S2, Prompt, HD, S3, H; gat, S2; gait, S3.—­Icel. gata; Goth, gatwo, street.

Gate, sb. gate, PP, Prompt.; 3*ate, S2, G, H. Prompt.; yate, C2, CM, S3, Prompt; gat, S; 3*at, PP; yat, G; yatt, H; 3*ett, S3; giate, dat., S; 3*eate, S.—­AS. geat, Icel. gat.

Gate-ward, sb. gate-keeper, S, PP; 3*ateward, PP; gatwarde, PP.

Gatte, pt. s. granted, S; see 3*eten.

Gat-tothed, adj. lascivious, C, CM.

Gaude, sb. weld, Reseda luteola, dyer’s greenweed, producing a green dye (distinct from woad, Florio being here wrong). Comb.:  gaude grene, a light green colour, C, HD; gawdy grene, ‘subviridis,’ Prompt.—­OF. gaude (Cotg.):  Sp. gualda, a herb to dye yellow with (Minsheu); cp.  It. gualdo, woad to dye blue with (Florio), Low Lat. gualda, gualdum, ‘glastum’ (Ducange).

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