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galan

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Wright's OE grammar
§57; §315; §508;
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of human speech,
in poetical or passionate expression
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  • Se geonga ongann geómran stefne gehæfted for herige hearmleóð galan,

      An. 1129 : 1344.
  • Sorhleóð galan

    to lament

    ,
      Kr. 67 : Cri. 623.
  • Gehyrde heó hearm galan (

    tell his woes

    ) helle deófol . . . ' Wá mé forworhtum . . . , '
      Jul. 629.
in incantation
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  • Ic galdor-wordum gól,

      Reim. 24.
  • Þá drýas mid langum onsangum hí gólon on (hyre on gólon, v. l.), oð ꝥ se deófol of hire út eóde

    diutius incantationi-bus agere malefici moliebantur, ut diabolus exkret

    ,
      Gr. D. 73, 27.
  • Galdor galende

    cantando (rumpitur anguis ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 66: 19, 6.
of the ery of a bird
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  • Hrefen uppe gól,

      El. 52.
  • Siððan þú gehýrde galan geomorne geác on bearwe,

      Bo. 22.
of a trumpet. Cf. singan
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  • Hié bearhtm ongeáton gúðhorn galan,

      B. 1432.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. gale.]
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v. ge-galan.
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