Ge-lác

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-lác

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-lác
n. [lácan to move as e.g. the waves do, to sport, play] Motion, commotion, tumultuous assembly, play :-- Sealtýða gelác the tossing of the salt waves, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 5; Seef. 35 : 115 a; Th. 442, 3; Kl. 7 : Ps. Th. 118, 136 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 345; Met. 20, 173 : 26, 57; Met. 26, 29. Sweorda gelác the play of swords, i. e. battle, Beo. Th. 2084; B. 1040 : 2340; B. 1168. Gelác engla and deófla hosts of angels and devils, Exon. 21 a; Th. 56, 5; Cri. 896. Ðurh heard ge ác through hard fortune, Andr. Kmbl. 2185; An. 1094.

Related words: bord-, lind-, lyft-, scín-gelác. ge-lac

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