gae

• IPA^(key): /ɡeː/

gae m (genitive singular gae, nominative plural gaethe)

1. (archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of ga (“spear, dart; ray”)

• "gae" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

gae

1. to go
   • 1861, Various, The Golden Treasury‎:

     O waly waly, up the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn-side Where I and my Love wont to gae!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 1884, Alexander Leighton, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17‎:

     Gae awa, gae awa--I canna thole the very thochts o' the story whilk thou ettles to ken."

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

gae

1. simple past tense of gie
   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, Old Mortality, Illustrated, Volume 1.‎:

     Eh, Mr Henry! but the carle gae them a screed o' doctrine!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 1918, J. M. Barrie, A Window in Thrums‎:

     Chirsty was in Tilliedrum last Teisday or Wednesday, an' Tibbie gae her a cup o' tea."

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɠɑ.ɛ/

gae (ma class, plural magae)

1. potsherd (broken piece of pottery)
   • 1994, Historia fupi ya Zanzibar, p. 24:

     Sakafu iliinuliwa kwa mchanga kiasi cha nusu mita na misingi ya msikiti ilichimbwa ndani ya tabaka za ardhi za miaka iliyopita zenye takataka na kujumuisha magae ya vyombo vya "Celado" na vya rangi manjano na mapambo meusi.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡaːɨ̯/
• (South Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡai̯/
  • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaː/

gae

1. Soft mutation of cae (“field”).

gae

1. Soft mutation of cae (“(s/he) closes, shuts”).