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212 gansel [ga‘nsəl],, 1) qualm; belching or vomiting; indisposition ( from over-eating or from indigestible food); to get de g.; 2) strange, repulsive, wizard-like manners and appearance; a ill g.; de(r) wer [‘there was’] a ill g. wi’ dat person, that person gave the impression of being concerned in (black) magic arts; 3) (a strange) illness, supposed to be caused by magic; queer, confused behaviour; der’r [‘there is’] a ill g. come ower dem;  Sometimes 4) a violent attack of cold or other illness (? to J.I.) and 5) a slight accident (? to J.I.). — The word seems to be cognate with $h$,, to which it partly assimilates in some of the senses here quoted ( in 1 and 3).

ganser [ga‘nsər],, an illness, supposed to be caused by magic, = 3; to cast a ill g. ower ane. Parallel form to.

†gansi [ga‘nsi] and †ganzi [ganzi], , a woollen coat ( to, woollen vest as the inner clothing). Also (gansey: and,  to E.D.D.).

†ganska [ga‘nska],, very well; quite well,, mostly as an exclamation. A word belonging to fishermen’s ganske,, from (ganz, gansch).
 * a tabu-word at sea.

gant [ga‘nt],, an overgrown fellow; long (lanky) person, a lang g. Fairly a (great) g. o’ a wife [‘woman’], a tall, slender woman . — [ga‘ntlɩn]  = gandr,, a stick; pole, gand, , also: a tall, lean fellow; overgrown boy. — For the change nd > nt in see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII) § 28. “gantlin” is a  of “gant”.
 * tall like a gantlin. —

gant (ganet) [gānt],, staring with outstretched neck; a g.-lookin’ craeter [‘creature’]. . From ,

gantlin,, see ,

ganto, gantu,, see , ,

gan-tree [ga‘ntri],, one of the cross-beams binding the couples of a house. Barcl. Now : twartbauk. - from “gagn” as the first part of the, denoting: a) through (gagnfløygr, , which can be flown through, gagnfœrr, , penetrating); b) towards; opposite.

gapi [gāpi],, a stupid, staring fellow; a gaby. ? gape,, a fool; blockhead. the same word as, , but with somewhat meaning. ,

gapos [gāpȯs],, 1) a gossip. 2) a fool; blockhead. In meaning 1, the word assimilates to gapuxi,  (gap,, a gap; babble; uxi, , an ox); in meaning 2, now used, it assimilates to gapus,

gaps [gaps],, desirous of food; to be g. for a ting, anxious to get something (a certain kind of food); he is no [‘not’] g. for it, he does not care to get (to eat) it. of gap,, a gap; mouth. For the derived s, , and gapsen, gapsig,, gaping,

gap [gap]-stick,, fishermen’s sea-term, tabu-name for the so-called “ -tree” or “-tree”, with which the hook is taken out when the fish has swallowed it too far down, “-stick”, , is another sea-term.

gar [gar],, decomposed mass; state of decomposition, to be in a g.; thick, muddy fluid or mixture; dregs, of train-oil ; of a mixture of meal (oat-meal) and water, used,, as a poultice for a