fullynge (A.S.) [244], [322], [398], baptizing, baptism

furwe (A.S.) a furrow

fust (A.S.) [356], the fist

G. Y.

gabben (A.N.) [53], to joke, trifle, tell tales. gabbyng (A.N.) [423], joking, idle talk

gadelyng (A.S.) [434], gedelyng, [165]. pl. gedelynges, [171], gadelynges, [68], a vagabond. In Anglo-Saxon the word gædeling means a companion or associate, apparently without any bad sense. Thus the romance of Beowulf speaks of the armour of one of the heroes:—

þæt Onela for-geaf,

his gædelinges

guð-ge-wædu.

which Onela had given him,