Gǽlan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

gǽlan

Add: (1) to delay:--For ðǽm gif ús ne lyst ðǽra ǽrrena yfela ðe wé ǽr worhton, ðonne ne gǽlð ús nán ðing te fullfremmanne ðá gódan weorc ðe wé nú wyrceað nisi enim retroaspicerent, erga coeptum studium nullo torpore languerent, Past. 445, 29. Ðý lǽs hine ǽnig wuht gǽlde ungearowes ut tarditas nulla generetur, 171, 23. (2) to dupe:--G&e-acute-hook; (nec) lactes (quemquam labiis tuis),Kent. Gl. 942. [By þyse bonkeȝ þer I con gele, Allit. Pms. 28, 930.]

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