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villages) in sense of farm, occas. also in names of plots of land, the word assumes the form gert [ge‘rt, gə‘rt], written “garth“. See Sh. Stedn. pp. 95—96. — O.N. garðr, m., a fence; enclosure; farm. — Cf. gard, gord and gerdi¹, sbs.

garv [garv], vb., to work with one’s hands in a dirty mass, to grub, to g. among grav (refuse). U^wg. For *garm? (note arvi² = arm, sb.). See further gorm, vb. Deriv. of gar, gor, sbs. — The final v in garv might, however, be ancient; note No. gyrva, f., mass; mixture, as a parallel form to gyrma, f.

gas [gas], sb., a cold northerly wind; severe cold with wind, a g. o’ cauld [‘cold’]. Y^s. Cf. No. gasveder, n., cold, windy weather. — Diff. from gas is the form gast [gast], a g. o’ wind, a strong gust of wind; a violent squall of wind (Fe.), doubtless from L.Sc. gast, sb., = Eng. gust, sb.

gat¹, gaat [gāt], sb., clod of earth sliced offin mowing grass (Fe.); see under galti, sb.

gat² [gat], sb., see gad, sb.

gatabel [gat··ab·əl, gā··tab·əl], adj., in good condition and appearance; a g. fellow, ox, horse, sheep; mostly of swine; a g. (well-fed) swine; — g. taatis, good-looking potatoes. Y. and Fe. [gatebəl]; Du. [gātabəl. In Du. in a wider sense: particularly good; valuable; efficient, e.g.: he made dem a g. help, he rendered them valuable assistance. — Really, “quite to one’s mind and pleasure", and etym. to be classed with No. gjete, n., and gjetnad, m., mind; pleasure; content; in a similar sense Sw. dial. gät, n., gätning, f., gattne, n.; Sw. dial. gattna, vb., to like, to take pleasure in. O.N. getask, vb. impers., to take pleasure in, and getnaðr, m., pleasure.

gate, sb., see under goda, sb.

gavel, sb., see *gabel, sb.

gavlet, adj., see gevlet, adj.

gäikerl [gäi·kērl·, -kē·rəl, -kærl·], sb., 1) an ogress; sorceress 2) a tall, stout woman. comm. From Ai. are reported two old parallel forms: gøkerl [gø̄kærl] and gørkerl [gø̄^ərkærl]. As names of two detached rocks are found “de Kerl [kērl]” and “de Gäikerl [gäi·kērl·]” near “de Loch o’ Skellister”, N. — *gýg-kerling or *gýgjar-kerling; cf. Ork. gyre-carlin. O.N. gýgr, f., a sorceress; giantess. The second part kerl is hardly derived directly from O.N. kerling, f., a crone (acc. to regular Shetl. development, an orig. rl ought to give a softened l; see hokillin, sb.); the preserved rl is certainly due to infl. of L.Sc. carl (cairle), sb., (clumsy or old) man, and carlin, sb., an old woman. For gäi (gø, gør)- see further gør, sb.

gåfa [gååfa], sb., a gift, now only in a few — mostly ironical — phrases, such as: I’m gotten a g., I have got a fine gift; yon (dat) is a g., that is a fine gift (ironically). Skerries. Fe. O.N. gáfa, f., a gift.

gebi [gebi, ꬶebi] and gebek [gebək], sb., a short table-spoon, made of horn. comm. Also gibbi [gɩbi] and gibbek [gɩbək]. Icel. gepill, m., a broad, large spoon (B.H.), from “gap”.

geddek [gedək, ꬶedək] and giddek [gɩdək, ꬶɩdək], sb., a sand-eel, Ammodytes tobianus, Ammodytes lancea. U. nebbet [næbət] g., garfish (Uⁿ.), = honngel. O.N. gedda, f., a pike (fish). Cf. pitergiddek.

gefel, vb., see gevl, vb.

gega-piltek, sb., see gigga-piltek, kegga-piltek.

gel [gēl, gē^el, gel, gɛl (gæl)], sb., 1) a fissure in the ground. 2) a crack in wood (board, plank). O.N. geil, f., a cleft; narrow passage; also longish depression in the ground (cf. grasgeil, and No. geil 6 in R.); L.Sc.