Gāl-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gāl-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 gāl-ness

Add :-- Gālnyss gehorwigende libido sordidans, Hy. S. 5, 5. On dām lændenum is getācnad seó fūle gālnes, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 35: Hml. A. 17, 98. Se ōder leahtor is forligr and ungemetegod gālnyss; sē is gehāten fornicatio, Hml. S. 16, 276: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 3. Seó gālnes (luxuria) æt hyre ǣfengereordum sitt, Prud. 40 : 41: 43. Fūlre gālnysse lupanaris incesti, An. Ox. 4221. Hwæt getācnad þæs fylmenes ofcyrf būton gālnysse wanunge ?, Hml. Th. i. 94, 33. Swīdor for bearnteáme þonne for gālnysse, ii. 70, 20: Ap. Th. 25, 10: Hml. A. 30, 144. Þū leofast on gālnysse (libidine), Dōm. L. 178. Gālnesse luxu, An. Ox. 8, 362. For eówer gǣlnesse gǣlra dǣda, Angl. xii. 510, n. Gālnesse petulantiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 24. Āfyrra fram mē dā fūlan gālnysse, Bt. 42 ; F. 260, 9. Sē de wile his gālnysse gefyllan swā oft swā hine lyst, Hml. Th. i. 148, 23. [N. E. D. goleness.]

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ᚷᚪᛚ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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