gangrel

American  

[gang-gruhl, -ruhl] / ˈgæŋ grəl, -rəl /

noun

British Dialect.

1. a lanky, loose-jointed person.

2. a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

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gangrel British  

/ ˈɡæŋrəl, ˈɡæŋɡrəl /

noun

1. a wandering beggar

2. a child just able to walk; toddler

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Etymology

Origin of gangrel

1300–50; Middle English; See gang ¹, -rel; cf. gangling

Example Sentences

Forth with you for a mocker and a gangrel loon!”—speaking in our common Scots,—“and herd with the base thieves from whom you came, coward and mocking malapert!”

From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew

And terrors that Tartarus bred Assail each kingdom treblefold: A gangrel clan that someone flayed, Skirr thro' the dungeoned halls in flight And seek the caverns of the dead.

From Betelguese A Trip Through Hell by de Esque, Jean

Then his spirit failed him, his voice sank, and he was almost the feeble gangrel once more.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

Then she went slowly down from the Hill of Speech, and whoso saw her deemed her but a gangrel carline. 

From The House of the Wolfings by Morris, William

Now those gangrel women whom they had put across the Fleet came to Bergthorsknoll, and Bergthora asked whence they came, but they answered, "Away east under Eyjafell".

From The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Dasent, George Webbe