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Rh sense of a loud outburst; boisterous talk; scolding, by someone coming rushing along; he cam’ in wi’ a great, he came rushing into the house, telling news in a scolding voice, This may be, either with dropped l or a parallel form to ; see the preceding word.

gandigust,, see.

ganers [ganərs, gānərs], , enlargement of the papillæ on the inside of a cow’s lips, now a swelling of the inside of the lips, preventing the cow from chewing her food. “ganərs” and “gainərs”: . A double ending: -ir (-ar?) and -s. ganer, , the inside of the lips of horned cattle. —, , = , , is found in E.D.D., given as (“gammers”, doubtless to  gam,, a tooth, in : lips, mouth).

ganfer$1$ [ga‘nfər (ga‘mfər, ga‘ɯfər)], , 1) a phenomenon in the sky, a mock-sun; a broken rainbow, portending bad weather; a g. (mock-sun) afore de sun (: ga‘nfər); a g. (the stump of a rainbow) dandled ower de Papaland a’ [‘all’] day (: ga‘nfər, ga‘mfər, ga‘ɯfər). Also cold mist, indicating snow, a snawie [‘snowy’] g.;  . halo around the moon or sun, indicating rain (:  vatn, , water). 2) a cracking sound in the atmosphere, from ancient times considered as an ominous portent; [ga‘nfər; ga‘ɯfər and ga‘nfər: ]; corresponding to vábrestur ( vábrestr,, a sudden crash, followed by misfortune or causing consternation). — *gand-ferð; gandferd (gannfar),, a company of witches or wicked spirits, imagined as riding through the air, with gandreið,, witches’ ride. ganfer$h$ [ga‘nfər, gānfər],, a ghost; also of living human beings: a long, ghost-like person, a lang [‘long’] g. and  [ga‘nfər]. [gānfər]. From  the word is reported in sense of a person’s double, seen before noon. If one’s double is seen before noon, it is considered a sign of long life for the said person. The contrary of this is called one’s ness [fæinɛs]; see, From  is reported [ga‘m··fəri·], a great muckle g., in sense of a very big person. — *gagn-ferð or *gegn-ferð,, really a haunting by ghosts. genfärd, , genfærd,, a ghost.
 * [van·ga‘n·fər], a

gang [(gaŋ) gäŋ] and gjang [(gjaŋ) gjäŋ],, a going; gait, noted down in the senses and applications: 1) = : a) a passage; a thoroughfare; b) a floor (“that on which or over which one goes”);, 2) : a) a turn; walk, to the peat-bog in carrying home the dried peats on horseback, and  counting the journeys ( = ): ane, twaa, tree, one, two, three journeys; foo [‘how’] mony [‘many’] is [‘have’] de horses been at de “bank” for peats?  for my (or hidmost) ! hurrah for my last journey! ; b) by change of meaning a: times in counting; ane, twaa, tree, once, twice, three times; when bringing the peats home from the hill; — gangr,, and ganga, f., a going, walking, gang,, a road; passage; gang,, a journey,  , and, as well as -, -, , and ,

gans [ga‘ns],, to handle a number of objects in order to find something; to g. for a ting. Gulberwick, Stands for * from 14*
 * handsa; see ,