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craned neck; to stand gonin; what is du gonin at? Parallel form to gan, vb.; q.v. For the o-sound cf. No. gon, f., a stiff-necked person; one who gives himself airs. In Fær. is found a form “gána [gåana]” = No. gana, vb.

†gonal [gonal], sb., a holey, worn-out shoe of hide (rivlin), a auld [‘old’] g. Conn. Etym. uncertain.

gonga [gɔŋga]-fish, gonge [gɔŋgə (gⁱȯŋə)]-fish, sb., 1) in boat-fishing: the last fish drawn out of the water before the boat leaves the fishing-ground. Y^h.: gonga-fish. Also “gjonga [gjɔŋga]-fish” (Y^h.) and “gjonge [gjɔŋgə]-fish” (W.Burr., Ai.). 2) a very large fish (esp. of cod, ling and halibut); Ai. occas.: gonge [gɔŋgə]-fish. From Papa Stur is reported “gonge [gⁱȯŋə]-fish” in sense of a halibut. — *gǫngu-(fiskr), from O.N. ganga, f., a going, walking. gonga, etc., in g.-f. 1, must be understood as the departure of the boat from the fishing-ground, g.-f. 2 may be developed from g.-f. 1 and really denote the last large or valuable fish caught before the fishing is concluded, but is more prob. the same word as No. and Sw. gang-fisk, m., a spawning fish. — Cf. gjonge- in “gjonge-piece” and “gjonge-sop”, sbs., under gjonga, gjonge, sb.

gongbit [goŋbɩt], sb., a mark in a sheep’s ear: one of the two small incisions made (cut) opposite each other on the edge of the ear. U. *gagn-bit(i). The first part gong- is O.N. gagn, adv., opposite to; towards; against; through, which is found as the first part in compds., such as e.g. á gagngjǫrt, straight towards; opposite to, gagnvart and gagnvert = gegnt, opposite to, over against. Cf. Shetl. gongtag, sb. For the second part see bit² and bidi, sb.

gongbitet [goŋ··bɩt·ət], adj., of a

sheep’s ear: marked with two small incisions opposite each other, one on each side of the ear; a g. lug; a g. sheep. More common than the substantive. U. *gagn-bitaðr. For the explanation of the word see prec. gongbit, sb.

gongj, gongsj [gȯndᶎ, gȯᶇdᶎ], vb., 1) to swagger; swing, when walking; to geng gongsjin t’rough de place. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). 2) to walk aimlessly; to saunter; hwar gengs du (is du gaun) gongsjin till? where are you sauntering to? Nm.; De. Prob.: *gungsa. Cf. Sw. dial. gungsa, vb., = gunga, vb., to swing. With the change *gungsa > gong(s)j cf. e.g. *runsa > rong(s)j [rȯndᶎ, rȯᶇdᶎ], which is used syn. with gongj 2 in Shetl.; further: skunsa > skong(s)j [skȯndᶎ, skȯᶇdᶎ], *hundsa > hond(s)j [hȯndᶎ, hȯᶇdᶎ].

gongtag [gɔŋtag, goŋtag, gȯŋtag] and gongtak [goŋtak, gȯŋtak], sb., one of the two straps by which the girth is attached to the pack-saddle. Each strap is fastened by both ends into two holes, one in each corner of “de klibberbrod” (the board of the pack-saddle, one board on each side of the horse), while the middle (curve) of the strap is attached to the girth (de wame-girt). The word is recorded in many diff. forms: a) gongtag: Sa. and Ai^w. [goŋtag]; Papa St. [gȯŋtag]; Nm. occas., Y^e. [gɔŋtag]; b) gongtak [goŋtak, gȯŋ-]: doubtless a rare form (locality uncertain); c) gontak, gontek (goin-), -tag: U. [gɔᶇtak, gɔᶇtək, gɔ‘ᶇ-, goᶇtak, go‘ᶇtək]; Fe. occas. [gȯ‘ᶇtək]; Ai. occas. [gȯ‘ᶇtag]; d) gountag [gåuntag]: Fe. occas.; e) gongtagl [goŋ··tag·əl]: Ai. occas.; f) gongtu [goŋtu, gȯŋtu]: Fe.? Du. occas.; g) gantu [ga‘ntu, gāntu]: Du. occas.; h) gong-tow: Ai. occas., Nmⁿ. (N.Roe) [goŋtɔu, -tåu]; Conn. (and Papa St.) [gȯŋtåu]; i) goun-tow