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214 villages) in sense of farm, also in names of plots of land, the word assumes the form [ge‘rt, gə‘rt], written “garth“” [sic]. See Sh. Stedn. pp. 95—96. —  garðr,, a fence; enclosure; farm. — ,  and $1$,

garv [garv],, to work with one’s hands in a dirty mass, to grub, to g. among (refuse).  For See further,  of , ,  — The final v in might, however, be ancient; note gyrva,, mass; mixture, as a parallel form to gyrma,
 * ? (note $wg$ =, ).

gas [gas],, a cold northerly wind; severe cold with wind, a g. o’ cauld [‘cold’]. gasveder, , cold, windy weather. — from is the form [gast], a g. o’ wind, a strong gust of wind; a violent squall of wind , doubtless from gast, , = gust,

gat$2$, gaat [gāt],, clod of earth sliced offin mowing grass ; see under ,

gat$s$ [gat],, see ,

gatabel [gat··ab·əl, gā··tab·əl], , in good condition and appearance; a g. fellow, ox, horse, sheep; mostly of swine; a g. (well-fed) swine; — g. taatis, good-looking potatoes. and [gatebəl]; [gātabəl.]. [sic] In in a wider sense: particularly good; valuable; efficient, : he made dem a g. help, he rendered them valuable assistance. — Really, “quite to one’s mind and pleasure", and to be classed with  gjete,, and gjetnad, , mind; pleasure; content; in a similar sense  gät, , gätning, , gattne, ;  gattna, , to like, to take pleasure in. getask,  , to take pleasure in, and getnaðr, , pleasure.

gate,, see under ,

gavel,, see *, gavlet,, see ,

gäikerl [gäi·kērl·, -kē·rəl, -kærl·], , 1) an ogress; sorceress 2) a tall, stout woman. From are reported two old parallel forms: [gø̄kærl] and [gø̄$1$rkærl]. As names of two detached rocks are found “de [kērl]” and “de [gäi·kērl·]” near “de Loch o’ Skellister”, — gyre-carlin. gýgr,, a sorceress; giantess. The second part is hardly derived directly from kerling,, a crone ( to regular development, an rl ought to give a softened l; see , ); the preserved rl is certainly due to of  carl (cairle), , (clumsy or old) man, and carlin, , an old woman. For - see further ,
 * gýg-kerling or *gýgjar-kerling;

gåfa [gååfa],, a gift, now only in a few — mostly ironical — phrases, such as: I’m gotten a g., I have got a fine gift; yon (dat) is a g., that is a fine gift (ironically). Skerries. gáfa,, a gift.

gebi [gebi, ꬶebi] and gebek [gebək], , a short table-spoon, made of horn. Also  [gɩbi] and [gɩbək]. gepill, , a broad, large spoon (B.H.), from “gap”.

geddek [gedək, ꬶedək] and giddek [gɩdək, ꬶɩdək],, a sand-eel, Ammodytes tobianus, Ammodytes lancea. [næbət] g., garfish , = . gedda, , a pike (fish). .

gefel,, see ,

gega-piltek,, see -piltek, -piltek.

gel [gēl, gē$2$l, gel, gɛl (gæl)], , 1) a fissure in the ground. 2) a crack in wood (board, plank). geil, , a cleft; narrow passage; also longish depression in the ground ( grasgeil, and geil 6 in R.);