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The A.-S. verb geotan seems to have had the sense of to cast metals, as giessen has in German.
From Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
Glead is the A.-S. glida or kite, though, in our version of Deut. xiv. 13., both glede and kite are mentioned.
Eddish is likewise from the A.-S. edisc, signifying the second growth; it is used by Tusser, October's Husbandry, stanza 4.:
From Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
Forby derives this from A.-S. gan, to go; but may it not have some reference to the French gants, gloves?
From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
Biddy bene, A.-S. biddan, to ask or pray, bén, a supplication or entreaty.
From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)
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