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nunc. are distributed in the foll. places: dᶎȯlg Wests. occas.; dᶎɔlgər Y.; dᶎȯlgər, dᶎölgər: U., Nm., Ai. (W.Burr.), etc. From De^e. comes a form kjölg [tᶊölg], from Lunn: gjölk [dᶎö‘lk], from Wh. and Burra: kjölk [tᶊö‘lk] — formed by hardening of *gjölg. From Fe. come the forms kjölger [tᶊölgər], golger [gåᶅgər, gȯlgər], jolger [jȯlgər] and jølger [jølgər]. — a gjölger (gjolger) alang [‘along’] de shore, heavy wash of the waves along the shore (N.Roe). — From the same root as O.N. gjalfr, n., crashing sound; hollow swell; Icel. gjálfur, n., Fær. gjálv, n., swell; wash of the waves. With the Shetl. form of words cf. esp. a) No. gjelg, m., partly = gjelv, n., swell, agitated sea, partly a current of air; b) No. gjølg, m., esp. a current of air.

gjolgi, gjölgi, adj., rough or agitated, of sea; a g. sea, cross-sea. Only reported from Lunn. in the form gjölki [dᶎö‘lki]. See further the preceding word.

*gjolm [gjō^əlm], sb., dense fog; he is cornin’ doon [‘down’] a g. Y^h. Prob. by metathesis from an older *gjoml. See gjolm, vb.

*gjolm [gjō^əlm], vb., of dense, foggy clouds: to gather, lower; he is gjolmin ut [‘out’] o’ every “bank”, ut o’ every hole. Y^h. Prob. by metathesis from an older *gjoml. Cf. No. gjømla, vb., to become twilight.

gjolp [gjɔ‘lp], vb., to knit irregularly and loosely, making uneven loops, to g. op [‘up’]; mostly in perf. part., occas. used adjectivally: gjolpet [gjɔ‘lpət], “gjolpet op”. Conn.; Sandw.; Du. Might be thought to be classed with Sw. dial. gölp (gjölp), m., gölpa, f., a hole; small hollow. gjolpet, however, almost assimilates in meaning to No. glopall, adj., open; holey (Aa.), full of interspaces; unevenly distributed;

casual; uncertain (R.), and might then, by metathesis, have arisen from an older *gl(j)opet, perf. part. of a verb *glop, *gljop.

gjolpin [gjɔ‘lpɩn (gjȯ‘lpɩn)], sb., a fish swallowed by a larger one and spewed out again. U. [gjɔ‘lpɩn (gjȯ‘lpɩn)]. Prob. to be classed with Da. gulpe, gylpe, vb., Sw. dial. gylpä, vb., to be about to vomit, Eng. gulp. vb., and, in this case, diff. from gjolpin [gjɔ‘lpɩn, gjɔ‘l··piɩn·] in sense of a lubber, greenhorn — see further under golpin, sb.

gjolta [gjȯ‘lta] and gjolter [gjȯ‘ltər], sb., a species of wrasse, = berggiltek, -golt(i), etc. Sa., Ai.(?). O.N. gylta and gyltr, f., really a sow, but in the compd. “berggylta” (No.) used of wrasse. — Cf. su, sb.

gjomek¹ [gjōmək (gjō^əmək), gjɔmək], sb., both hands cupped together; that which is contained in both hands when held cupped together, two handfuls (gopens, gjopens); a g. o’ corn, o’ meal. Also used in sense of a single hand curved upwards, a single handful; pl. gjomeks, of both hands or two handfuls. to tak’ op i’ de gjomek(s). De. [gjō^əmək, gjɔmək]. Ai^w. and Sa. [gjɔmək]. Conn. [gjōmək]. Prob. for an older *kjom-. Cf. Fær. keymur (from orig. *kaumr) and kjómur, sb., both hands held cupped together; blása í keym or kjóm. For the change k > g in Norn, when initial, see gjola, sb., and gjomek², sb., and gjomet, adj.

gjomek² [gjō^əmək], sb., a stripe, esp. a light, vertical stripe on an animal’s forehead, almost — glomek¹. Fo. Prob. for *kjomek, *komek from an orig. *kám-. See further under the foll. word.

gjomet [gjōmət, gjō^əmət], adj., faded, pale and sickly-looking, g. and “g.-lookin’”. Sa. Prob. from an older *kjomet = *komet. Cf. Fær. ká-