Gealla

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gealla

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ealla, an;

GEALLA
m. I. GALL, bile; fel, bīlis :-- Gealla fel vel bīlis, Ælfc. Gl. 76; Som. 71, 111; Wrt. Voc. 45, 17. Ðe cymeþ of togotennysse ðæs geallan which cometh of effusion of the gall, Herb. 141, 2 : Lchdm. i. 262, 12, MS. O : 146, 2; Lchdm. i. 270, 4, MS. H. Hig sealdon hym wín drincan mid geallan gemenged dĕdērunt ei vīnum bĭbĕre cum felle mistum, Mt. Bos. 27, 34 : Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 13; Cri. 1439. Wið seóndum geallan for straining out bile, L. M. 3, 11; Lchdm. ii. 314, 7. II. a gall, fretted place on the skin; intertrīgo :-- Wið horses geallan for a horse's gall, L. M. 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 21. Lácna ðone geallan mid cure the gall therewith, 1, 88; Lchdm. ii. 156, 21. [Orm. galle : O. Sax. galla, f : Dut. gal, f : Ger. M. H. Ger. galle, f : O. H. Ger. galla, f : Dan. galde, m. f : Swed. galle, m : Icel. gall, n : Lat. fel, n : Grk. χολή, f; χόλos, m.] gealla,-gealla
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