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GÁD

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • interjection
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Grammar
GÁD, gǽd, es; n ?
Wright's OE grammar
§215; §265; §315; §367;
A lack, want, desire; defectus, pēnūria, desīdĕrium, appĕtītus
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  • Ðæt ðám géngum þrým gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde

    that there should be no lack of food or clothing to the three youths,

    • Cd. 176
    • ;
    • Th. 222, 10
    • ;
    • Dan. 102 : Elen. Kmbl. 1981
    • ;
    • El. 992.
  • Ne biþ ðé ǽnigra gád wilna

    there shall not be to thee a lack of any pleasures,

    • Beo. Th. 1903
    • ;
    • B. 949.
  • Ne wæs me in healle gád

    there was not a want to me in the hall,

    • Exon. 94 a
    • ;
    • Th. 353, 20
    • ;
    • Reim. 15.
  • Ne wyrþ inc wilna gǽd

    there shall not be to you two a lack of pleasures,

    • Cd. 13
    • ;
    • Th. 15, 21
    • ;
    • Gen. 236.
  • Nis him wilna gád, ne meara, ne máþma, gif he ðín beneah

    there is not to him a desire for pleasures, nor horses, nor treasures, if he lacks thee,

    • Exon. 123 b
    • ;
    • Th. 475, 6
    • ;
    • Bo. 43.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gédea, f. a want, in meti-gédea lack of food
:
Goth. gaidw, n. a want.
]
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  • GÁD, n.; int.