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Rh talk, nonsense. — This form with a long a doubtless arises from gap,, a) a gap, opening; b) idle talk, nonsense. On the other hand, [gab], with a short a, a gap, mouth, in, gabs, in sense of (had dy gabs!), may be partly gap, partly (and ) gab (mouth). — *,

gab [gāb],, to be talkative. ,, .  gapa, , to gape; also to shout; to spread gossip, and  gapa, , to chatter; gab, ,

Appears as a place-name, in (see Shetl. Stedn. p. 95). of gap,, a gap, opening, ,
 * gaba [gāba],, a cave, grotto.

end-wall; 2) a high, steep headland, formed like a gable. Now only as a place-name,, also called “de [gēvəl, ꬶɛvəl] o’ (de)  or [ȯ‘rka, ȯ‘rki]” by the Unst fishermen. — The word is still used as a common noun in both senses in the form  [gɛvəl, ꬶɛvəl, gēvəl (ꬶēvəl)], which is  gavel. — gafl, , a) a gable; b) the extreme point of an island; c) as the name of headlands and mountains (rocky walls). gavel,, the gable of a house.
 * gabel [gābəl],, 1) a gable,

gaberslinker [gā·bərsle‘ŋ·kər], , a lazy, talkative person, going about spreading gossip. “gaber” and “slinker”, formed respectively from , , and, (to go idly about).

gabet [gābət],, talkative; tattling; a g. body. . gaputt, , flippant. See ,

gabi [gābi],, a talkative, tattling person.. *gapi; gapi, , a tattler, hare-brained person, gape,, a chatterer.

gabset [gabsət],, very talkative; prating, tattling. *gaps- from gap,, gossip. For the derivative s  gapsig, , boastful.

gabsi [gabsi],, a talkative person; a tattler. *gapsi. See ,, and ,

gad$n$, gadd? [gad],, a mock-sun. ,  from *gall? uncertain. See $w$,

gad$1$ [gad],, a hole; opening, a hole in a potato. As a place-name  with a long a: de Gads [gāds], two fissures in a rock by the sea-shore. Gadastakk [gad··astak·], a skerry with an opening through it. A form “” is found in Barclay in sense of “anus”. — gat,, a hole; opening.

gadd [gad],, a large nail, spike. gaddr,, a spike; gad; goad; gaddr,, a large nail.

stick for driving a plough-ox (partly also for preventing the ox from going too quickly) in ploughing. (Sullom). a spike; gad; goad; vǫndr, , a wand; gadwand.
 * gaddwond [gadwənd],, a goad;
 * gadd-vǫndr. gaddr, ,

†gag [gag],, mire; mud; a porridge-like mass, of too thick gruel or spoon-meat. . Also (gag,, a dirty mass, Banffshire), but may be of Norn in For the probable  of the word see, and ,

†gag [gag],, to stir a porridge-like mass, to sit in (atill) onyting. . Also to do work in the wrong way; with object, to g. a fish, to gut a fish in the wrong way or clumsily. See, , and ,

gagl [gag$n.-w$l, gagəl],, mire; mud; hotch-potch; a moist, soft mass; to be in a g. (of objects in a moist, decomposed state). = bungle; to mak’ a g. o’ onyting. Parallel form to, ;  gogli, , mire; mud.