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talk, nonsense. — This form with a long a doubtless arises from O.N. gap, n., a) a gap, opening; b) idle talk, nonsense. On the other hand, gab [gab], with a short a, a gap, mouth, comm. in pl., gabs, in sense of sing. (had dy gabs!), may be partly O.N. gap, partly Eng. (and L.Sc.) gab (mouth). — Cf. *gaba, sb.

gab [gāb], vb., to be talkative. Y., Fe., Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). O.N. gapa, vb., to gape; also to shout; to spread gossip, No. and Sw. dial. gapa, vb., to chatter; L.Sc. gab, vb., id.

*gaba [gāba], sb., a cave, grotto. Appears freq. as a place-name, esp. in Nm. (see Shetl. Stedn. p. 95). Deriv. of O.N. gap, n., a gap, opening, Shetl. gab, sb.

*gabel [gābəl], sb., 1) a gable, end-wall; 2) a high, steep headland, formed like a gable. Now only as a place-name, e.g. Orknagabel (U^w.), also called “de gevel [gēvəl, ꬶɛvəl] o’ (de) Orka or Orki [ȯ‘rka, ȯ‘rki]” by the Unst fishermen. — The word is still used as a common noun in both senses in the form gevel [gɛvəl, ꬶɛvəl, gēvəl (ꬶēvəl)], which is L.Sc. gavel. — O.N. gafl, m., a) a gable; b) the extreme point of an island; c) as the name of headlands and mountains (rocky walls). L.Sc. gavel, sb., the gable of a house.

gaberslinker [gā·bərsle‘ŋ·kər], sb., a lazy, talkative person, going about spreading gossip. “gaber” and “slinker”, formed respectively from gab, vb., and slink, vb. (to go idly about).

gabet [gābət], adj., talkative; tattling; a g. body. N.Roe. No. gaputt, adj., flippant. See gab, vb.

gabi [gābi], sb., a talkative, tattling person. N.Roe. *gapi; Icel. gapi, m., a tattler, hare-brained person, No. gape, m., a chatterer.

gabset [gabsət], adj., very talkative; prating, tattling. S.Sh. *gaps-

from O.N. gap, n., gossip. For the derivative s cf. Sw. dial. gapsig, adj., boastful.

gabsi [gabsi], sb., a talkative person; a tattler. S.Sh. *gapsi. See prec. gabset, adj., and gabi, sb.

gad¹, gadd? [gad], sb., a mock-sun. U^n.-w., Yⁿ. gadd from *gall? Orig. uncertain. See ga¹, sb.

gad² [gad], sb., a hole; opening, esp. a hole in a potato. Fo. As a place-name occas. with a long a: de Gads [gāds] (Fo.), two fissures in a rock by the sea-shore. Gadastakk [gad··astak·] (Fo.), a skerry with an opening through it. A form “gat” is found in Barclay in sense of “anus”. — O.N. gat, n., a hole; opening.

gadd [gad], sb., a large nail, spike. O.N. gaddr, m., a spike; gad; goad; Icel. (Mod. Icel.) gaddr, m., a large nail.

*gaddwond [gadwənd], sb., a goad; stick for driving a plough-ox (partly also for preventing the ox from going too quickly) in ploughing. Nm^s. (Sullom). *gadd-vǫndr. O.N. gaddr, m., a spike; gad; goad; O.N. vǫndr, m., a wand; L.Sc. gadwand.

†gag [gag], sb., mire; mud; a porridge-like mass, esp. of too thick gruel or spoon-meat. N.Roe. Also L.Sc. dial. (gag, sb., a dirty mass, Banffshire), but may be of Norn orig. in Shetl. For the probable etym. of the word see gagl, and gogl, sbs.

†gag [gag], vb., to stir a porridge-like mass, to sit gagin in (atill) onyting. N.Roe. Also fig. to do work in the wrong way; occas. with object, e.g. to g. a fish, to gut a fish in the wrong way or clumsily (Ai.). See gag, sb., and gagl, sbs.

gagl [gag^əl, gagəl], sb., mire; mud; hotch-potch; a moist, soft mass; to be in a g. (of objects in a moist, decomposed state). Fig. = bungle; to mak’ a g. o’ onyting. Parallel form to gogl, sb.; q.v. O.N. gogli, m., mire; mud.