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141. gēring n.

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(a) ?A lecher; (b) ?a greedy person.

142. gessen v.

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(a) To infer (sth.) from observation, etc.; perceive, find out; gessen in, gessen of, perceive (sth.) in (sb.), suspect; (b) with clause as obj.: to conclude (that sth. is true or will happen)…

143. gilder n.(3)

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Any of a number of coins [orig. gold] of varying weight and value, current esp. in Germany, Holland, Flanders.

144. gīle n.(2)

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(a) Wort in process of fermentation; (b) gile fat, a vat for fermenting wort; (c) gile hous, a room in which wort is fermented.

145. gīling ger.

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Fermenting: (a) giling fat, giling mele, giling tubbe, a vat or tub for fermenting wort; (b) giling hous, a room in which wort is fermented.

146. gird(e n.

Additional spellings: girde
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A girdle, belt; belt from which a shield was suspended [cp. girdel 2a.].

147. givelen v.

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To pile (sth.) in a heap.

148. glāren v.

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(a) To shine brightly, glitter; (b) of the eyes: to stare wildly.

149. glimeren v.

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(a) To shine brightly; gleam, glitter; (b) to shine faintly; glimmer.

150. glimsen v.

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(a) To glisten, be dazzling; (b) to glance with the eyes.

151. glisteren v.

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To glisten, glitter, sparkle, flash; shine brightly; glisteren ayen the sonne, to reflect the light of the sun.

152. gloi n.

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Straw, thatching.

153. glōren v.

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To shine, gleam, glow; glisten; gloren fair, to shine bright but have only seeming excellence; glorand glede, a glowing ember.

154. gnappen v.

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(a) To snap at (sth.); (b) to snap (with the teeth).

155. gō̆le n.(1)

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(a) Gullet of an animal; (b) a throatful, speech, talk.

156. gōt(e, gǒute n.

Additional spellings: gote, goute
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(a) A stream of water; watercourse, brook; a current or swell of the ocean; also, a stream of blood; (b) a channel, ditch, drain; a sluice; (c) got nail, some kind of nail; (d) in place names [see…

157. graffe n.

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(a) A graft, a cutting for grafting; also fig.; (b) a twig, branch, shoot; also fig.

158. grāpe n.(2)

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(a) A kind of pitchfork, dungfork; (b) ?a trowel.

159. grāve-shēld n.

Additional spellings: gravesheld
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A Flemish coin worth 24 groats.

160. greive n.

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(a) A steward; headman of a town or village; also, a royal official; (b) as surname; also in cpds.: bern greive, fen greive [see also plough greive, wode greive].