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, 134; fyrst forð gewāt, _the time_ (of
going to the harbor) _was past_, 210; næs þǣr māra fyrst frēode tō friclan,
2556; acc. sg. niht-longne fyrst, 528; fīf nihta fyrst, 545; instr. sg. þȳ
fyrste, 2574; dat. sg. him on fyrste gelomp . . . , _within the fixed time_,
76.

fyr-wit, -wet, -wyt, st. n. , _prying spirit, curiosity_: nom. sg. fyrwyt,
232; fyrwet, 1986, 2785.

ge-fȳsan (fūs), w. v. , _to make ready, to prepare_: part. winde gefȳsed
flota, _the ship provided with wind_ (for the voyage), 217; (wyrm) fȳre
gefȳsed, _provided with fire_, 2310; þā wæs hringbogan (of the drake)
heorte gefȳsed sæcce tō sēceanne, 2562; with gen. , in answer to the
question, for what? gūðe gefȳsed, _ready for battle, determined to fight_,
631.

fȳr, st. n. , _fire_: nom. sg. , 1367, 2702, 2882; dat. sg. fȳre, 2220; as
instr. fȳre, 2275, 2596; gen. sg. fȳres fæðm, 185; fȳres feng, 1765. --
Comp. : ād-, bǣl-, heaðu-, wæl-fȳr.

fȳr-bend, st. m. , _band forged in fire_: dat. pl. duru . . . fȳr-bendum
fæst, 723.

fȳr-draca, w. m. , _fire-drake, fire-spewing dragon_: nom. sg. , 2690.

fȳr-heard, adj. , _hard through fire, hardened in fire_: nom. pl.
(eoforlīc) fāh and fȳr-heard, 305.

fȳr-lēoht, st. n. , _fire-light_: acc. sg. , 1517.

fȳr-wylm, st. m. , _wave of fire, flame-wave_: dat. pl. wyrm . . . fȳrwylmum
fāh, 2672.

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galan, st. v. , _to sing, to sound_: pres. sg. sorh-lēoð gæleð, 2461; inf.
gryre-lēoð galan, 787; bearhtm ongeāton, gūðhorn galan, _heard the clang,
the battle-trumpet sound_, 1433.

ā-galan, _to sing, to sound_: pret. sg. þæt hire on hafelan hringmǣl āgōl
grǣdig gūðlēoð, _that the sword caused a greedy battle-song to sound upon
her head_, 1522.

gamban, or, according to Bout. , gambe, w. f. , _tribute, interest_: acc. sg.
gomban gyldan, 11.

gamen, st. n. , _social pleasure, rejoicing, joyous doings_: nom. sg. gamen,
1161; gomen, 2460; gomen glēobēames, _the pleasure of the harp_, 2264; acc.
sg. gamen and glēodrēam, 3022; dat. sg. gamene, 2942; gomene, 1776. --Comp.
heal-gamen.

gamen-wāð, st. f. , _way offering social enjoyment, journey in joyous
society_: dat. sg. of gomen-wāðe, 855.

gamen-wudu, st. m. , _wood of social enjoyment_, i. e. harp: nom. sg. þǣr wæs
. . . gomenwudu grēted, 1066; acc. sg. gomenwudu grētte, 2109.

gamol, gomol, gomel, adj. , _old_; of persons, _having lived many years,
gray_: gamol, 58, 265; gomol, 3096; gomel, 2113, 2794; se gomela, 1398;
gamela (gomela) Scylding, 1793, 2106; gomela, 2932; acc. sg. þone gomelan,
2422; dat. sg. gamelum rince, 1678; gomelum ceorle, 2445; þām gomelan,
2818; nom. pl. blondenfeaxe gomele, 1596. --Also, _late, belonging to former
time_: gen. pl. gomelra lāfe (_legacy_), 2037. --Of things, _old, from old
times_: nom. sg. sweord . . . gomol, 2683; acc. sg. gomele lāfe, 2564; gomel
swyrd, 2611; gamol is a more respectful word than eald.

gamol-feax, adj. , _with gray hair_: nom. sg. , 609.

gang, st. m. : 1) _gait, way_: dat. sg. on gange, 1885; gen. sg. ic hine ne
mihte . . . ganges ge-twǣman, _could not keep him from going_, 969. --2)
_step, foot-step_: nom. sg. gang (the foot-print of the mother of Grendel),
1405; acc. sg. uton hraðe fēran Grendles māgan gang scēawigan, 1392. --Comp.
in-gang.

be-gang, bi-gang, st. m. , (_so far as something goes_), _extent_: acc. sg.
ofer geofenes begang, _over the extent of the sea_, 362; ofer flōda begang,
1827; under swegles begong, 861, 1774; flōda begong, 1498; sioleða bigong,
2368.

gangan. See under gān.

ganot, st. m. , _diver_, fulica marina: gen. sg. ofer ganotes bæð (i. e. the
sea), 1862.

gād, st. n. , _lack_: nom. sg. ne bið þē wilna gād (_thou shalt have no lack
of desirable_ [valuable] _things_), 661; similarly, 950.

gān, _expanded_ = gangan, st. v. , _to go_: pres. sg. III. gǣð ā Wyrd swā
hīo scel, 455; gǣð eft . . . tō medo, 605; þonne hē . . . on flett gǣð, 2035;
similarly, 2055; pres. subj. III. sg. gā þǣr hē wille, _let him go whither
he will_, 1395; imp. sg. II. gā nū tō setle, 1783; nū þū lungre geong, hord
scēawian, under hārne stān, 2744; inf. in gān, _to go in_, 386, 1645 'forð
gān, _to go forth, to go thither_, 1164; þat hīe him tō mihton gegnum
gangan, _to go towards, to go to_, 314; tō sele . . . gangan cwōmon, 324; in
a similar construction, gongan, 1643; nū gē mōton gangan . . . Hrōðgār
gesēon, 395; þā cōm of mōre . . . Grendel gongan, _there came Grendel (going)
from the fen_, 712; ongēan gramum gangan, _to go to meet the enemy, to go
to the war_, 1035; cwōm . . . tō hofe gongan, 1975; wutun gangan tō, _let us
go thither_, 2649. --As preterite, serve, 1) gēong or gīong: hē tō healle
gēong, 926; similarly, 2019; sē þe on orde gēong, _who went at the head,
went in front, _3126; on innan gīong, _went in_, 2215; hē . . .
gīong tō þæs
þe hē eorðsele ānne wisse, _went thither, where he knew of that earth-hall,
_2410; þā se æðeling, gīong, þæt hē bī wealle gesæt, _then went the prince_
(Bēowulf) _that he might sit down by the wall_, 2716. --2) gang: tō healle
gang Healfdenes sunu, 1010; similarly, 1296; gang þā æfter flōre, _went
along the floor, along the hall_, 1317. --3) gengde (Goth. gaggida): hē . . .
beforan gengde . . . , wong scēawian, _went in front to inspect the fields_,
1413; gengde, also of riding, 1402. --4) from another stem, ēode (Goth.
iddja): ēode ellenrōf, þæt hē for eaxlum gestōd Deniga frēan, 358;
similarly, 403; [wið duru healle Wulfgār ēode], _went towards the door of
the hall_, 390; ēode Wealhþēow forð, _went forth_, 613; ēode tō hire frēan
sittan, 641; ēode yrremōd, _went with angry feeling_, 727; ēode . . . tō
sele, 919; similarly, 1233; ēode . . . þǣr se snottra bād, 1313; ēode weorð
Denum æðeling tō yppan, _the prince_ (Bēowulf), _honored by the Danes, went
to the high seat_, 1815; ēode . . . under inwit-hrōf, 3124; pl. þǣr
swīðferhðe sittan ēodon, 493; ēodon him þā tōgēanes, _went to meet him_,
1627; ēodon under Earna næs, 3032.

ā-gangan, _to go out, to go forth, to befall_: pret. part. swā bit āgangen
wearð eorla manegum (_as it befell many a one of the earls_), 1235.

full-gangan, _to emulate, to follow after_: pret. sg. þonne . . . sceft nytte
hēold, feðer-gearwum fūs flāne full-ēode, _when the shaft had employment,
furnished with feathers it followed the arrow, did as the arrow_, 3120.

ge-gān, ge-gangan: 1) _to go, to approach_: inf. (w. acc. ) his mōdor . . .
gegān wolde sorhfulne sīð, 1278; sē þe gryre-sīðas gegān dorste, _who dared
to go the ways of terror_ (to go into the combat), 1463; pret. sg. se maga
geonga under his mǣges scyld elne geēode, _went quickly under his kinsman's
shield_, 2677; pl. elne geēodon tō þæs þe . . . , _went quickly thither where_
. . . , 1968; pret. part. syððan hīe tō-gædre gegān hæfdon, _when they_
(Wīglāf and the drake) _had come together_, 2631; þæt his aldres wæs ende
gegongen, _that the end of his life had come_, 823; þā wæs endedæg gōdum
gegongen, þæt se gūðcyning . . . swealt, 3037. --2) _to obtain, to reach_:
inf. (w. acc. ) þonne hē æt gūðe gegān þenceð longsumne lof, 1536; ic mid
elne sceall gold gegangan, 2537; gerund, næs þæt ȳðe cēap tō gegangenne
gumena ǣnigum, 2417; pret. pl. elne geēodon . . . þæt se byrnwīga būgan
sceolde, 2918; pret. part. hæfde . . . gegongen þæt, _had attained it, that_
. . . , 894; hord ys gescēawod, grimme gegongen, 3086. --3) _to occur, to
happen_: pres. sg. III. gif þæt gegangeð þæt . . . , _if that happen, that_
. . . , 1847; pret. sg. þæt geīode ufaran dōgrum hilde-hlæmmum, _it happened
in later times to the warriors_ (the Gēatas), 2201; pret. part. þā wæs
gegongen guman unfrōdum earfoðlīce þæt, _then it had happened to the young
man in sorrowful wise that_ . . . , 2822.

oð-gangan, _to-go thither_: pret. pl. oð þæt hī oðēodon . . . in Hrefnesholt,
2935.

ofer-gangan, w. acc. , _to go over_: pret. sg. oferēode þā æðelinga bearn
stēap stān-hliðo, _went over steep, rocky precipices_, 1409; pl.
freoðo-wong þone forð oferēodon, 2960.

ymb-gangan, w. acc. , _to go around_: pret. ymb-ēode þā ides Helminga duguðe
and geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne, _went around in every part, among the superior
and the inferior warriors_, 621.

gār, st. m. , _spear, javelin, missile_: nom. sg. , 1847, 3022; instr. sg.
gāre, 1076; blōdigan gāre, 2441; gen. sg. gāres fliht, 1766; nom. pl.
gāras, 328; gen. pl. , 161(? ). --Comp. : bon-, frum-gār.

gār-cēne, adj. , _spear-bold_: nom. sg. , 1959.

gār-cwealm, st. m. , _murder, death by the spear_: acc. sg. gār-cwealm
gumena, 2044.

gār-holt, st. n. , _forest of spears_, i. e. crowd of spears: acc. sg. , 1835.

gār-secg, st. m. (cf. Grimm, in Haupt l. 578), _sea, ocean_: acc. sg. on
gār-secg, 49, 537; ofer gār-secg, 515.

gār-wiga, w. m. , _one who fights with the spear_: dat. sg. geongum
gār-wigan, of Wīglāf, 2675, 2812.

gār-wīgend, pres. part. , _fighting with spear, spear-fighter_: acc. pl.
gār-wīgend, 2642.

gāst, gǣst, st. m. , _ghost, demon_: acc. sg. helle gāst (Grendel), 1275;
gen. sg. wergan gāstes (of Grendel), 133; (of the tempter), 1748; gen. pl.
dyrnra gāsta (Grendel's race), 1358; gǣsta gīfrost (_flames consuming
corpses_), 1124. --Comp. : ellor-, geō-sceaft-gāst; ellen-, wæl-gǣst.

gāst-bana, w. m. , _slayer of the spirit_, i. e. the devil: nom. sg.
gāst-bona, 177.

gædeling, st. m. , _he who is connected with another, relation, companion_:
gen. sg. gædelinges, 2618; dat. pl. mid his gædelingum, 2950.

æt-gædere, adv. , _together, united_: 321, 1165, 1191; samod ætgædere, 329,
387, 730, 1064.

tō-gadere, adv. , _together_, 2631.

gæst, gist, gyst, st. m. , _stranger, guest_: nom. sg. gæst, 1801; se gæst
(the drake), 2313; se grimma gæst (Grendel), 102; gist, 1139, 1523; acc.
sg. gryre-līcne gist (the nixy slain by Bēowulf), 1442; dat. sg. gyste,
2229; nom. pl. gistas, 1603; acc. pl. gæs[tas], 1894. --Comp. : fēðe-,
gryre-, inwit-, nīð-, sele-gæst (-gyst).

gæst-sele, st. m. , _hall in which the guests spend their time, guest-hall_:
acc. sg. , 995.

gē, conj.