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gamel

  • adjective
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Grammar
gamel, gamol; adj.
Old, aged; sĕnex, vĕtustus
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  • Wolde beddes neósan gamela Scylding

    the aged Scylding would visit his bed,

    • Beo. Th. 3588
    • ;
    • B. 1792.
  • Wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince gyfen

    the golden hilt was given to the aged warrior,

    • 3359
    • ;
    • B. 1677 : Elen. Kmbl. 2491
    • ;
    • El. 1247.
  • Gamele ne móston háre heaðorincas hilde onþeón

    the aged hoary chieftains might not prosper in battle,

    • Cd. 154
    • ;
    • Th. 193, 3
    • ;
    • Exod. 240.
  • Ǽr he on weg hwurfe, gamol, of geardum

    ere he, old, departed on his way from his courts,

    • Beo. Th. 535
    • ;
    • B. 265 : 115
    • ;
    • B. 58.
Etymology
[
Icel. gamall
.]
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v. gomel.
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