GÁR
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§315;
§397;
A dart, javelin, spear, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms; acŭlum, pīlum, hasta, hastæ cuspis, săgitta, tēlum, arma
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Se gár
the dart,
- Beo. Th. 3697 ;
- B. 1846.
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Fleág giellende gár on grome þeóde
the yelling shaft flew on the fierce nation,
- Exon. 86 b ;
- Th. 326, 13 ;
- Wíd. 128.
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Lǽtaþ gáres ord, in gedúfan in fǽges ferþ
let the javelin-point plunge into the life of the doomed one,
- Andr. Kmbl. 2662 ;
- An. 1332 : Cd. 75 ;
- Th. 92, 2 ;
- Gen. 1522.
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Sende se sǽrinc súþerne gár
the sea-chief sent a southern dart,
- Byrht. Th. 135. 47 ;
- By. 134 : 138, 48 ;
- By. 237.
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Gáre wunde
wounded by a dart,
- Beo. Th. 2154 ;
- B. 1075 : Exon. 66 a ;
- Th. 243, 28 ;
- Jul. 17.
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Hí gewurdon scearpe gáras
ipsi sunt jăcŭla,
- Ps. Th. 54, 21 : 90, 6.
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Gára ordum
with javelin-points,
- Andr. Kmbl. 64 ;
- An. 32 : Cd. 94 ;
- Th. 121, 32 ;
- Gen. 2019.
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Hý togædre gáras hlǽndon
they had inclined their weapons together,
- Exon. 66 b ;
- Th. 246, 8 ;
- Jul. 63 : Elen. Kmbl. 235 ;
- El. 118.
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Gárum gehyrsted
adorned with javelins,
- Andr. Kmbl. 90; An. 45 : 2287 ;
- An. 1145 : Chr. 937 ;
- Erl. 112, 18 ;
- Æðelst. 18.
Etymology
Chauc. gere, pl
: Laym. gar, gare, gære a dart, spear, weapon
: Plat. gere a wedge
: Kil. gheer fuscĭna cuspĭdĭbus horrens, quibus pisces căpiuntur
: O. Sax. gér, m
: Ger. M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. gér, m. hastīle, jăcŭlum, tēlum
: Icel. geirr, m. a spear.
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Derived forms
Linked entries
v.
twi-gǽrede þri-gǽrede.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “GÁR.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13290.
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