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ginsj [gənᶊ], ginzj [gɩndᶎ], vb., to squeeze or press together; to tie very firmly. Wests. (Sa.; Papa St.). ginzj: Sa. The word is reported from Papa in the foll. phrase: de loops or stitches is ginsjd [gənᶊd] on de wire, (in knitting, esp. stockings), the stitches are too close on the knitting-needle. ginsj, ginzj prob. for *gnisj by metathesis. Cf. No. gnysja, vb., to squeeze; crush firmly, and knysja, vb., to crush together. Cf. jerd and nol, vb.

gip [gɩp, ꬶɩp], sb., a cut made in the belly of a fish; the place where the fish is cut when the entrails are taken out, de g. o’ de fish. Cf. No. gip, m., a gap, and gipa, f., a scratch; deep wound. For the form and meaning of the Shetl. word, see further gip, vb.

gip [gɩp, ꬶɩp], vb., to gut a fish, to g. fish. comm. Cf. No. gipa, vb., to make an opening; to let gape, and Eng. gip [dᶎɩp], vb. The g-sound in Shetl. gip indicates that this word springs from O.N. *gipa and not from the Eng. gip, the g of which is sounded dᶎ; the development, however, of the meaning of the Shetl. word must be due to infl. of Eng. gip. — Cf. gip, sb., and gipi, gippi, sb.

gipek [gɩpək, ꬶɩpak] and giper [gɩper (ꬶɩpər)], sb., a small knife for gutting fish. Deriv. of gip, vb.

gipi or gippi [(gɩpi) ꬶɩpi], sb., a gap; narrow passage; fissure, esp. a fissure in a rock or in a rocky coast, somewhat wider than trinki. Du. *gip(a) or *gipp(a). No. gip, m., a gap, and gipa, f., a scratch; incision; deep cut; Sw. dial. gippa, f., a crack; fissure (gipa, vb., to gape).

girbi [gɩrbi], sb., 1) a mass of something scraped together, a lock [‘lot’] o’ g. (Fe.). 2) a great deal, ironically of something insignificant, a trifling gift; yon [‘that’] is a g.

(Nm.). Also gjarbi [ꬶärbi] and gerbi [ꬶærbi]: De^w. (M.Roe), esp. in meaning 2. — Prob. *gyrpa. Cf. No. gurpa, gyrpa, f., Sw. dial. jörpa, f., thick mud; a porridge-like mass; mire; mixture.

gird [gɩrd, gərd], vb., to girt, esp.: 1) to strap the saddle-girth on a pack-horse, to g. a horse. 2) to put hoops on a cask or vat made of staves, to g. a cask. More rarely gørd [ꬶørd] (Conn. occas.) O.N. gyrða, vb., to girt (Da. gjorde). Cf. L.Sc. and Shetl. gird, sb., a girth; hoop of a cask. ø in gørd springs from O.N. y. A form gord [gȯrd] is found in the compd. *omgord, vb. gird in sense of to move with expedition and force; to work energetically is L.Sc.

girdin [gərdin] and gørdin [ꬶørdɩn], sb., a girth, esp.: 1) saddle-girth on a pack-horse; belly-girdin, belly-band, = wame-girt. 2) a hoop; hoop of a vat made of staves. In meaning 2 now comm.: gird (L.Sc.). — Cf. No. gyrding, f., and Sw. dial. gjording, m., a rope to gird or to tie something with. -in in girdin, gørdin might, however, also be explained as the suffixed def. art. (O.N. gjǫrð, f., def. form: gjǫrðin).

girj [gɩrdᶎ] and gilj [gɩldᶎ], vb., 1) vb. a., to press; squeeze, esp. a soft, elastic object or mass; to press closely together by tying firmly. 2) vb. n., to be squeezed, pressed; to be pressed out, e.g. of water in shoes or boots squeezed out in walking; in this sense reported: gilj; de water giljd [gɩldᶎd] ut o’ my boots. Sa. — No. gyrja, vb., to press or squeeze a soft mass; also to be squeezed out. See gorj, vb.

gis, gisi, sb., see gris, sb.

gisen, gissen [gɩsən, gɩzən, ꬶɩ-], vb., to be dried up; to become leaky by shrinking, to get open interstices, used of something consisting of boards