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Old English · adjective

gamolfeax

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɡɑ.molˌfæ͜ɑks/
Syllables
ˈɡɑ · mol · ˌfæ͜ɑks (3 syllables)
Modern English
gray-hairedhoary-hairedhoaryhaired

Meaning

  1. gray-haired, hoary-haired

    ⁊ þā wearð ēac ādræfed · dēormōd hǣleð, Ōslāc of earde, · ofer ȳða ġewealc ofer ganotes bæð · gamolfeax hæleð, wīs ⁊ word snotor · ofer wætera ġeþring ofer hwæles eðel · hāma berēafod. And then in like manner was Oslac, a beloved man, a gray-haired man, wise and learned, deprived of his home, driven out from his homeland, over the churning of the waves, over the gannet's

    over the tumult of the waters, over the whale's homeland.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From gamol (“ancient, old”) + feax (“hair”)

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