Old English · adjective
gal
Normalised gāl
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ɡɑːl/
- Syllables
- ɡɑːl (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- wantongolegoallustfulobstacle
gal1 · adjective
Senses
-
wanton, lustful; wicked
And se Iouis wearð swa swyðe gal þæt he on his agenre swyster gewifode.
And Jove became so depraved that he married his own sister.
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | gāl | gāl | gāl |
| Accusative | gālne | gāle | gāl |
| Genitive | gāles | gālre | gāles |
| Dative | gālum | gālre | gālum |
| Instrumental | gāle | gālre | gāle |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | gāle | gālagāle | gāl |
| Accusative | gāle | gālagāle | gāl |
| Genitive | gālra | gālra | gālra |
| Dative | gālum | gālum | gālum |
| Instrumental | gālum | gālum | gālum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | gāla | gāle | gāle |
| Accusative | gālan | gālan | gāle |
| Genitive | gālan | gālan | gālan |
| Dative | gālan | gālan | gālan |
| Instrumental | gālan | gālan | gālan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | gālan | gālan | gālan |
| Accusative | gālan | gālan | gālan |
| Genitive | gālragālena | gālragālena | gālragālena |
| Dative | gālum | gālum | gālum |
| Instrumental | gālum | gālum | gālum |
gal2 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
path, passage
-
obstacle
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gail. Cognate with Old Saxon gēl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”). The Indo-European root may also be the source of Lithuanian gailùs (“sharp, biting”), Russian зело́ (zeló, “very”).
From Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”).
Descendants
gole, goal
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