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between yellowish, brownish and white. Icel. golóttr, light brownish (E.J.). Fær. “gulutur” is occas. applied to sheep, white-coloured on the belly and round the tail (e.g. in Sandø), almost = Shetl. (Nm.) gilet; in Østerø “gulutur” denotes a yellowish belly, and in Møgenæs, yellowish legs and whitish body. Shetl. “gil-” contains poss. another gradation than O.N. “gol-, gul-” (yellow), and must, in that case, be classed with O.H.G. gel- (gelo), Dut. geel, A.S. geolo, yellow.

gilgal [ꬶɩl·gal·], sb., uproar in the sea, a g. i’ de sea. L. A compd. of gil², sb. 2, and *gal (see galbou, sb.), O.N. gal, n., prop. a crying; shouting. For the use of “gal” in “gilgal”, cf. galder and golder, sbs., which denote not only a shouting, a noisy gust of wind, but also uproar in the sea.

gili-hunkers [gɩli-, ꬶeli-ho‘ŋkərs], sb. pl., potatoes chopped up, while hot, with “bursten” (q.v.). Fe. — gili is doubtless, like the foll. gilins, sb. pl., to be derived from gil¹, vb. 2. For the second part of the compd. see hunkers, sb. pl.

gilins [gilɩns, ꬶɩlɩns], sb. pl., spoon-meat which has been stirred and eaten of; leavings of spoon-meat. N.Roe. Deriv. of gil¹, vb. 2.

gilj [gɩldᶎ], vb., to squeeze or to be squeezed, of something soft; see further under girj, vb.

giltek [(gɩ‘ltək) ꬶɩ‘ltək], sb., a longish heap of mown heather and coarse grass piled up in a ridge for drying in the out-field; this dried mass is used for thatching and as litter for cattle; a g. o’ tek (tek = dried heather and grass used for thatching and litter for cattle). Uⁿ. giltek is prob. the same word as No. gylta, f., a mass (R.).

gilti [ꬶɩ‘lti], sb., a pig, esp. as a cry when calling the pig. Uⁿ. Sporad-

ically also gølti [ꬶø‘lti]. No. gylt, m., a pig (O.N. gylta and gyltr, f., a sow). See galti and golti, sb.

gimmer [gɩmər (gimər, ꬶɩmər)], sb., a yearling ewe. comm. O.N. gymbr (*gimbr), f.; Icel. and Fær. gimbur, No. (and Sw. dial.) gimber, Da. (and Sw. dial.) gimmer, L.Sc. and Eng. dial. gimmer. — In Shetl. “gimmers-lamb” denotes the lamb of a yearling ewe, = Fær. gimbra(r)-lamb, opp. to “gimmer-lamb”, a ewe, = Fær. gimburlamb.

gimp¹ [(gɩ‘mp) ꬶɩ‘mp], sb., reddish haze in the horizon above the sun before sunrise (harbinger of bad weather); flush of dawn; also red evening sky; a g. op f(r)ae [‘from’] de sun. Fe. For *gimb. — No. gim, m., steam; exhalation. For the development *gim(b) > gimp in Shetl. cf. e.g. skump² for *skumb from *skúm.

gimp² [(gɩ‘mp) ꬶɩ‘mp], sb., fidgeting; flirting; to be on for a g., to make coquettish movements with one’s body, to flirt. Conn. See gimp, vb.

gimp [(gɩ‘mp) ꬶɩ‘mp], vb., to swing one’s body coquettishly in walking, to geng gimpin. Conn. No. gimpa, vb., to swing one’s shoulders, g. (paa) seg; Sw. dial. gimpa, vb., to swing one’s hips. — Cf. gumbos, gumpel- and gombel, sbs.

ginket [ꬶi‘ŋkət, ꬶɩ’ŋkət (gi‘ŋkət)], adj., of a certain nature or stamp; in the compd. “ill-g.”, wicked by nature; deceitful. Y. (Yⁿ.). Poss. to be classed with No. gin, f., nature; disposition; quality. ginket [gi‘ŋkət] is used in a diff. and intensive meaning in the expr. “a g. fool”, an arrant fool; an imbecile person, etc., poss. a constantly giggling fool, from L.Sc. gink, vb., to titter; snigger; in a similar sense “a glinket [glɩ‘ŋkət] fool”; L.Sc. glink, vb., to jilt; to look askance.