Gār
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gār
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- gār
- Add; I. a weapon with a pointed head. (1) where the use is uncertain :-- Gār oft þurhwōd fǣges feorhhūs, By. 296. Þurh gāres gripe gāst onsendan (cf. gripon under sceát werum scearpe gāras, Gen. 2064), An. 187. Gāras spicula, i. sagitte, An. Ox. 2098. (2) a weapon that is hurled :-- Gār jaculum, Kent. Gl. 965. Oft hē gār forlēt, wælspere windan on þā wīcingas, By. 321. (3) a weapon with which a thrust is made :-- Hē mid gāre stang wlancne wīcing, By. 138. Mē on beáme beornas sticedon gārum, Sat. 511. (4) either (2) or (3) :-- Darod sceal on handa, gār golde fāh, Gn. C. 22. Sceal gār wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gāras stōdon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǣg, B. 328. Gāras līxton, El. 23. (5) an arrow :-- Hyne Hǣdcyn of hornbogan flāne geswencte. . . and his mǣg ofscēt blōdigan gāre, B. 2440. (6) either (2) or (5) :-- Wid flyge gāres, Crä. 66: B. 1765. On þæt fǣge folc flāna scūras, gāras. . . hetend hildenǣdran þurh fingra geweald ford onsendan, El. 118. II. the head of a weapon :-- Gār sceal on sceafte, ecg on sweorde and ord spere, Gn. Ex. 203. Feólhearde speru, gegrundene gāras, By. 109. ¶ phrases :-- Gylpplega gāres battle, Exod. 240. Ford beran gār tō gūde, By. 13. Tōgædere gāras beran to join battle, 67. Cf. gār-berend. III. fig. of sharp pain (from cold). Cf. spere :-- Habbad heó on ǣfyn fȳr edneówe; þonne cymdon ūhtan forst fyrnum cald, symble fȳr odde gār, Gen. 316. IV. a wedge-shaped piece of land. Also in proper names, e. g. Eád-gār. gar