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gǽlsa
/jlza /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
gǽlsa
, an; m. A glutton; fig. one who is inordinately fond of a pursuit :-- Gif mann bið ákenned on xxvi nihta ealdne mónan, sé bið weorces gǽlsa (he will be a glutton of work), Lch. iii. 158, 15. [Cf. O. H. Ger. geilisón luxuriare.]
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gælsa
, an; m. Luxury, extravagance; luxus, luxŭria :-- Lust oððe gǽlsa luxus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 10. Lybbende on his gǽlsan vivendo luxŭriōse, Lk. Bos. 15, 13. Þurh fulne folces gǽlsan propter pŏpŭli luxum consummātum, Lupi Serm. i. 21; Hick. Thes. ii. 105, 39. Ic him monigfealde módes gǽlsan ongeánbere I present manifold mind's extravagances to him, Exon. 71 a; Th. 264, 19; Jul. 366 : Homl. Th. i. 544, 28. Gælso sollicitudo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 22. DER. hyge-gælsa.
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