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386 GLOSSARY.
Fo^ojin, masc, gen. -ty, tenaculum, in a
surgeons case of instruments. Lb. I.
vi. 7. Taken as a compound of yon, to
catch, and )>opn.
Fpampeapbej-, in a direction away from,
Lb. I. Ixviii. 1.
Fulbeam, fulanbeam, masc, gen. -ej-, the
black alder, rhamnus franyula. Lb. I.
xxxii. 4.
G.
Gasel, Lb. I. xxxvi. ; Gazelle, Gagille,
fern. gen. -an. Lb. II. li. 1 ; 11. liii.
III. xiv., sweet gale, Myrica Gale.
But sageles, Lacn. 4.
Galluc, masc, comfrey, Symphytum officinale.
"Simphitone, the hearbe Alo,
" Confrey or wallwort of the rocke,"
(Florio). So Hb. Ix., Gl. Dun. copying
Hb. "Cumfiria," Gl. Harl. 978
(A.D. 1240). " Adriatica vel malum
" teiTS!, salluc," Gl. Somn.p. 66 [63],
1. 9. If tbis means that the earth apple,
-whether Cyclamen or Bunium, is galluc,
the statements above must be preferred.
Copied into Gl. Dun, Occ. Lb. 1.
xxvii. 1, masc.
Gapclij-e, agrimony, agrimonia eupatoria.
Hb. xxxii. Gapcliye is also the gloss of
Agrimonia in Gl. Dun. and Lb. II. viii.
Gl. Sloane, 146. MS. G. draws a rude
likeness of agrimony, and MS. T. attempts
apyefjiwvT], papaver argemone.
The word Agrimonia is said to be a
corruption of Argemone, Plinius,
xxvi. .59, but those who choose to enter
into the subject of the Latin names had
better compare Dioskor. ii. 108, who
speaks of a poppy. Gap, a spear, is
evidently the first element in the name
of the plant, the spike of which rises
like a narrow dagger above the grass
clije is, perhaps, connected with our
ClifiF, and with Hhjrian, to tower.
Gacerjieo]>, neut., gen. -ev, the nettle tree,
the tree lotus, celtis australis. Lb. I.
xxxvi. Somners conjectiire is wholly
an error, his tree is the Gattridge tree.
" Geizpoum, lothon ;
[AwrtJs, genus
" arboris, latine mella]," Gl. Hoffin.
Geacej" yxxyie, gen. -an, cuckoo sorrel, wood
sorrel, oxalis Acetosella.
Lb. I. ii.
13, 22.; III. xlviii.
Proofs abound.
Geagl, neut. and masc, gen. -ej-, the jowl,
the fleshy parts attached below
the lower
jaw. Lb. I. i. 16, 17.; iv. 3.
Gealla, masc, gen. -an. 1. Gall, bile. 2. A
gall, a fretted place on the skin, intertrigo.
Lb. 1. Ixxxviii.
Gea]iu]'e, gaapujie, gajijie, fem., gen. -an,
yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
Seo jieabe gappe, red yarrow, Achillea
tomentosa.
Lb. III. Ixv.
Gebjiaeceo, cough, tiissis, Hb. cxxiv., cxxvi.
Gl. in MS. H. Hose, cough, SH. p. 26.
Gebjiocum, with fragments, Lb. II. Ivi. 3.
Cf. Scipsebpoc, Lye.
Gecypnab, granulated, Lb. I. Ixxv. Cf.
ohg. Kirnjan, nucleare ; Isl. at Kyrna, to
granulate.
Gec]ij-pau, prset. -pee, p.p. -pc, contract =
Old Dansk Kreppa, contrahere. Lb. II.
Ivi. Hence Cripple.
Geps, Geyeh, neut. 1. a joining, a joint,
coynmissura, compago, (Lye, etc., JEG.
often.)
2. glue. Lb, I. ii. 2. Cf Umbifangida,
glutinum, in GraflF., and Kauahsa ( =
gefahsa), purgamenta, the parings of
hides and hoofs from which glue is
made, id. HI. 421 . Cf also many entries
in 422.
Genii)jeb, dense with boughs, from ITU'S,
forest, opacus, Hb. i. 1, where the
Saxon made no error, pa jiaef an pm- ^
rpeop PI'S t cempl sejin'Seb, M.H. 183
b. There loas then a pine tree opposite
the temple thick icith foliage.
Gesyman, prset. -«*e, p. part. -eb. to overlook.
Lb. IIL Ixv. A man is overlooked
when one having the power of witch-