† gold fawadj.
Obsolete.
Gleaming with gold; adorned or ornamented with gold.
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OE Beowulf (2008) 994 Goldfag scinon web æfter wagum.
c1225 (?OE) Soul's Addr. to Body (Worcester) (Fragm. C) l. 4 Ne [þea]rft þu on stirope stonden mid fotan, on nenne goldfohne bowe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13329 Leien ȝeond þan ueldes gold-faȝe [c1300 Otho goldfawe] sceldes.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15677 Nim gold-fah i-wede.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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adj.OE- he is lifeless that is faultless
- he laughs best who laughs last
- he laughs longest who laughs last
- he loves me, he loves me not
- he may bear a bull that hath borne a calf
- he may ill run that cannot go
- he minds him
- he must have killed a chinaman
- he never misses a trick
- he never misses does not etc a trick
- he never misses does not miss a trick
- he runs far that never turns
- he she can give cards and spades
- he she could not see it
- he she didn't do anything else
- he she will go far
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it bit him her
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it etc him her
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him etc
- he she wouldn't know a —— if it kicked him her