† galayv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To reel; to stagger.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > reel, stagger, or sway unsteadily
stackera1300
welt13..
waggera1382
swaver?a1400
blundc1400
swab14..
swabble14..
gogglec1460
reel1477
galay1489
stagger1530
swag1530
stag1561
wheel1832
swig1833
wavel1896
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 425 And to Philip sic rout he raucht Yat yocht he wes off mekill maucht He gert him galay disyly.
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v.1489- give a person the pip
- give a person the push
- give a person the revolt
- give a person the road
- give a person the rough edge of one's tongue
- give a person the runaround
- give a person the rush
- give a person the sack
- give a person the screaming habdabs
- give a person the shits
- give a person the shoot
- give a person the sick
- give a person the silent treatment
- give a person the tomtits
- give a person the verbal
- give a person the verbals
- give a person the wall
- give a person the works
- give a person the worst
- give a person the worst of it
- give a person the worst on it
- give a person their cards
- give a person thing) the fingers
- give a person time
- give a person to believe, know, note, understand