Gítsere

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gítsere

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gítsere
m. An avaricious, a covetous person, miser :-- Ða ðe wéron gítsaras qui erant avari, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 14. Se ungesǽliga gýtsere wile máre habban ðonne him genihtsumaþ the miserable covetous man wants to have more than suffices him, Homl. Th. i. 64, 33, 35: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 16. He wæs se wyresta gítsere ðe he gesealde wið feó heofeones hláford he was the worst covetous man because he sold for money the lord of heaven, Blickl. Homl. 69, 13, 10. Gítseras ðe on mannum heora ǽhta on wóh nimaþ covetous men who take their property from men wrongfully, 61, 21. [A. R. ȝissare: M. H. Ger. gitesære.] gitsere
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