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Gen fisher’). njóta, ‘to enjoy, derive joy from, have the use of,’  neótan, ‘to take, use, enjoy,’  genieten,  niotan, ‘to enjoy.’ The primary meaning of the  root nut, found in  verbs, was ‘to get something for one's own use,’ then ‘to use or enjoy something, have the use of.’ See, . Akin to the  allied  naudà, ‘use, produce,’ pa-nústu, -nūdau, -nūsti, ‘to long, yearn for.’ —   ', , ‘comrade, companion, mate,’ from the   genôȥ,  ginôȥ, ; corresponding to  genôt,  geneát,  genoot;  ‘one who partakes of something with another,’   and . —   ', , from the   genôȥ-same, , ‘fellowship,’  ginôȥ-samî, abstract of  ginoȥsam,  genôȥ-sam, ‘of equal birth or worth.’  ,, ‘enough, sufficient,’ from the corresponding genuoc(g),  ginuog; a common   with the  meaning;   ganôhs,  genôh,  enough,  genoeg,  ginôg; a  of an  -  ganah,  ginah, ‘it suffices’;   ganaúha, ‘sufficiency,’  ginuht,  genuht, ‘sufficiency.’ On  genuhtsam,  ginuhtsam, ‘abundant, sufficient,’ is based. To the root nō̆h (Aryan nū̆k) preserved in these words some refer the  root naç, ‘to attain,’ and  nancisci.  ,, ‘spear,’ formed from the  and  gêr, ; corresponding to  gêr,  gâr,  geirr. The r in the latter word must be based upon an s, otherwise the form would be *gárr. *gaiza may be inferred too from old proper names, such as Hariogaisus. The terms γαῖσος, γαῖσον, are also mentioned by Polybius, Diodorus, &c., as applied to the spear by the North barbarians. The word is genuinely (yet  also  gai, from *gaiso, ‘spear’), and has the approximate meaning, as the allied  shows, of ‘shaft, rod (as a missile),’ for which reason  χαῖος, ‘shepherd's staff,’ and  hêšas,, ‘missile,’ are perhaps cognate. The root is hi, ‘to urge on,’ with which  gâd and  goad (from Aryan *ghai-tã) are also connected. The term was first used again in  as a borrowed word, though it continued to exist in the proper names  ( Gêr-braht,  ‘glit - tering with spears’),  ( Gérhart, ‘spear-bold’),  ( Gêrtrût). and.   (1.),, ‘even’ (of numbers), from the  gerat,  girad, ‘even’;  ‘equal in reckoning’; akin to  raþjô, ‘number,’ garaþjan, ‘to count.’  (2.),, ‘going in one direction, straight, upright, from gerat, ‘alert, quick, skilful, recently grown up, straight and therefore long’; the primary meaning is ‘nimble, rapid’;   rado (and rato, hrato), ‘quick,’  rœðe (also hrœde), ‘quick,’  raþs, ‘easy.’ Perhaps  allied to ,  rota.  ,, ‘tools, furniture, utensils, from gerœte,  girâti, , ‘equipment,’  ‘consultation, precaution’; collective of.  ', ', see.  ,, ‘entrails of slaughtered animals,’ from the late  ingeriusche; origin obscure.  ,, ‘to tan, curry, polish,’ from gęrwen (garwen),  , ‘to make ready, prepare. equip, dress, tan’; a of gar (see );  gariwen (garawen), from *garwjan, ‘to make ready,’ lëdergarawo, ‘tanner.’ ,, ‘righteous, just, fit,’ from gerëht, ‘straight, right, dexterous, skilful, fit, upright, innocent, just,’  girëht (grëht), ‘rectus, directus’ (not yer ‘justus’); corresponding to garaihts, ‘upright’; in  rihtwîs ( rëhtwis), ‘justus.’  righteous. See.  ', ',, ‘gerfalcon,’ from the  gir-, gërfalke; from. See.   ,, ‘judgment, tribunal, court, jurisdiction,’ in its double sense even in gerihte, , ‘tribunal, sentence, jurisdiction,’ and ‘prepared food’;  girihti, , only in the first sense; akin to. <section end="Gericht" /> ,, ‘petty, trifling,’ ‘insignificant, easy,’ from  geringe, ‘light and quick, nimble,’ ringe, ‘easy, light, convenient, insignificant, slight, small,’  ringi, giringi, ‘light’; a specifically  , wanting in the other  dialects; origin obscure. The development of meaning from ‘light’ to ‘slight’ through the medium of ‘easy’ is similar to that of. ,, ‘gladly, willingly, fain,’ from the  gërne,  gërno, ,