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gi̇̄l, ꬶɩ̄l, gɩ̄l, gil); a whirling strip in the water, caused by an oar-stroke, de green g. [gɩl] fae [‘from’] de ayre [‘oar’] (Y.); the wake, caused by a boat going fast or by a fast swimmer; shø [‘she’ = the boat] is leavin’ a g. [gɩl] efter [‘after’ = behind] her (Sa.); de duke [‘duck’] made a g. [gɩl] efter her (Sa.); an eddy in the water, caused by a splash; he ga’e [‘gave’] a g. [gil] (U.). O.N. gil, n., fermenting beer; in compds., such as “gilker”, n., a vat for fermenting beer (Ork. gyle-fat); No. gil, n., also fig.: excitement; uproar.

gil³ [gil], sb., a mock-sun; luminous spot in the sky, = ga¹, gad¹ and brennek. Rare. Papa St. Fe.? (reported by J.I.). No. gil, m., Icel. gíll (gýll: B.H.), m., id.

gil¹ [gɩl, gil, ꬶɩl ꬶil], vb., 1) (vb. n.), to surge; rush; make eddies, of current, esp. of a current against a point of land; de tide gils, is gilin (Sandw., Du. and Conn.: gil, ꬶɩl, ꬶil). 2) (vb. a. and n.) to stir up a liquid (esp. water; spoon-meat), stir liquids together; to stir up the water and make it muddy; to g. de water or to g. i’ [‘in’] de water; du maun no [‘must not’] g. de gruel [‘porridge’], boy! (Sa.: gɩl); to sit gilin [gilɩn] i’ de water (Conn.); to g. (sit gilin) i’ de “suppin’-meat”, to stir the spoon-meat, of someone not eating properly (N.Roe: ꬶɩl). — Deriv. of gil², sb.

gil² [gɩl], vb., to eat very quickly and greedily, to g. in; esp. of cattle; de coo [‘cow’] gils (is gilin) in. Fe. Orig. poss. *gilja in sense of to fill; stuff into an opening (O.N. gil, n., an opening; fissure; cleft); O.N. gilja, vb., is handed down in a diff. sense.

*gild, sb., payment; compensation. Hildina ballad. O.N. gjald (*gild), n., payment.

gild [gɩld, ꬶɩld], adj., 1) payable;

valíd, of a certain weight and size, esp. of fish, 14 pounds and upwards being the weight fixed for marketable fish; a g. ling. The great estate-owners or lairds in the isles had formerly the monopoly of buying up such fish, fixing the prices themselves. Uⁿ. [ꬶɩld]. 2) valuable; capable; quick; smart; good at work, a g. hand; N.I. [gɩld, ꬶɩld; Uⁿ.: ꬶɩld]; excellent; notable, occas. in a disparaging sense: arrant, incorrigible (Y.; Fe.); a g. leear [‘liar’], an arrant liar, a g. tief, an arrant thief, but in the latter use of the word it merges into gall, gald, adj. O.N. gildr, adj., valued at a certain price (gjald); perfectly valid; No. gild, inter alia, capable; excellent. With “gild fish” cf. O.N. gildingr, m., a split cod, two feet wide nearest the head (Fr.).

†gilder, gelder [ꬶeldər], sb., an ancient coin, worth five Eng. shillings. N.I. Dut. guilder, sb., a florin. Cf. gildin² and gollen¹, sbs.

*gildin¹ [gɩldɩn, ꬶɩldin, ꬶeldɩn], sb., small fry, esp. small coalfish, now only in the compd. mogildin (mugildin); q.v.

†*gildin² [gɩldin], sb., “guilder” as a measure of length, = six “cuttels” or Scottish ells. N.I.? Cf. Fær. gyllin, f., as a measure of ground: ¹⁄₁₆ “mark”, mörk (Shetl. mark). Germ. gulden, gülden, m., a guilder. Cf. gilder and gollen¹.

gilet [gɩlət], adj., of sheep: having a white or whitish belly, brown back, and whitish round the tail. Nm. Reported from Ai. (W.Burr) in same sense as kattmoget (having a white belly and dark back, or conversely). Though somewhat difficult to class, owing to the main-vowel “ɩ”, it is prob. the same word as Icel. golóttr and Fær. gulutur, adj., both words used of the colour of sheep, denoting diff. shades and mixed colours,