goel
English
editEtymology 1
editCompare yellow.
Adjective
editgoel (comparative goeler, superlative goelest)
- (obsolete) yellow
- 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
- The goeler and yonger the better I loue;
well gutted and pared, the better they proue
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Hebrew גוֹאֵל (goél, “he redeems”).
Noun
edit- (historical, biblical) A person who, as the nearest relative of another, has certain obligations toward them, such as having to free them from slavery, to repurchase their property if sold through poverty, and to avenge their murder.
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 963:
- The go·el neutralizes the deleterious effect of the blood of the slain, restoring the ecologic balance.
Anagrams
editWelsh
editNoun
editgoel
- Soft mutation of coel.
Mutation
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