Gallie
Old English
Proper noun
Gallie m pl
- the Gauls
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- On þǣm ġēare wurdon þā Gallie Rōmanum wiþerwearde, þe mon nū hǣt Longbeardas, ⁊ raþe þǣs heora folc tōgæddere ġelǣddon.
- In that year, the Gauls, who are now called Lombards, became hostile to Rome, and quickly brought their people together.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Gallie”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.