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261. geinen v.

58 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To be useful or profitable to (sb.), avail, help; help to heal (a sore); geinen to, be profitable or useful to (sb. or sth.); (b) to avail, be useful or helpful, serve the purpose; ppl. geining……

262. gē̆l n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Enticing, blandishment. …

263. geld adj.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Of a woman: sterile, barren; -- also as noun; (b) of a man: impotent, castrated; (c) of beasts: geld hors, a gelding; geld gris, geld hogge, a barrow; geld ram, geld shep, a wether; geld soue, ?a……

264. gelden v.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To castrate (a male animal); (b) to spay (a sow). …

265. gelding n.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A gelded horse, gelding; (b) a barrow. …

266. gēre n.

99 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Wearing apparel, clothes, dress; also, a garment; (b) pl. bedclothes. …

267. gēren v.

91 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To prepare or equip (oneself); prepare (a corpse for burial); geren aweiward, prepare (oneself) to go away; (b) to equip (oneself) for fighting, arm (oneself); (c) to dress (sb., oneself); ppl. ge……

268. gersum(e n.

Additional spellings: gersume
33 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A treasured object, valuable possession; also, a gift or reward; (b) coll. treasure, valuables, movable possessions; (c) gold and gersum, etc. [See also gold n., sense 2.] …

269. gerth n.

44 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A belt or strap passing under a horse's belly to secure a saddle, harness, load, etc. [see also hors gerth]; (b) a hoop for a barrel, keg, tub, etc.; (c) in cpds. & combs.: gerth bokel, a clasp or……

270. gest n.

95 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) An invited guest, a guest at a meal, banquet, etc.; unboden gest, an uninvited guest; (b) a stranger or traveler entertained in one's home; one entertained by a monastery or the like; goddes gest……

271. gestenen v.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To have or take lodging; stay (with sb., at or in a place) as a guest; spend (a night); also fig.; (b) to provide lodging for (sb.); entertain (sb.) as a guest; also fig.; (c) ?to feast. …

272. gestening(e ger.

Additional spellings: gesteninge
32 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A feast, banquet; aleth gestening, an ale feast; cold gestening, a cheerless banquet, a feast without food; (b) the Last Supper; also fig. heaven. …

273. gēte n.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Only in the phrases: nimen gete, taken gete, to pay attention, take pains; haven in gete, to have (sb.) in one's charge. …

274. gē̆ten v.(1)

330 quotations in 13 senses
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(a) To acquire (sth.), earn, buy, win, receive, find; ivel geten, ill-gotten; fals geten, got by falsehood; (b) refl. …

275. gēten v.(2)

32 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To watch over (sb. or sth.), take care of, protect; guide (sb.), rule; tend (sheep); (b) refl. to protect oneself, be on guard; (c) geten fro, to preserve (sb.) from (sth.); geten for, be on guard……

276. gēthe, gẹ̄the n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Only in phr. in a gethe, ?spiritedly, ?hastily. …

277. gil n.(1)

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A deep and narrow valley; ravine, glen; gil strem, a torrent; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.199, 200, 212]. …

278. gī̆ld(e n.

Additional spellings: gilde
58 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An association of dues-paying members, organized for charitable, religious, or political purposes; a fraternity, guild; (b) an association of craftsmen or tradesmen, a craft guild. …

279. gilder n.(2)

17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A trap, snare; (b) fig. a legal, moral, or spiritual pitfall; esp. a snare of the Devil; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.202]. …

280. gildren v.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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To trap (sb.); fig. to deceive (sb.), lead into sin or to damnation, seduce. …

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