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Rh gell,, a crack in wood. The form “gēl (gē$ə$l)” and meaning 1 show that the word springs from geil; the forms with a short vowel may be due to ; the use of the word in meaning 2 is certainly due to

gel [gēl (gē$ə$l), gel, gɛl (gæl)], , to form clefts or fissures, only noted in the form, used passively: containing clefts or fissures; de eart’ is, there are clefts or fissures in the ground, de planks is a’ [‘are all’], the planks are full of cracks. From ,

to animals. to Edm. It has not been possible to verify this word, “ae” here denotes a close e as commonly in a long syllable in Edm., but also to be found in a short one,  “baessy-flaas”; see, — The word might be an ancient *g(a)litkaðr, coloured ( litkaðr,, coloured, ruddy-cheeked, from litka, , to dye; sprinkle; stain). Several words with a preserved prefix g (ga) are found in Norn; see $1$,, , , , , as well as “angaluck” (under , ) and ,
 * “gelaegit”,, coloured,

geld (gjeld) [ꬶē$ə$ld, ꬶeld],, see ,

geld [gɛld, gæld, ꬶɛld],, to castrate, geld. gelda,, to geld.

†gelder,, see.

geldin [(gɛldin, gældin) ꬶɛldin], , a wether. [ꬶɛldin]. geldingr,, a eunuch; a wether; a bullock.


 * geltlin,, see.

geng [gɛŋ, gæŋ, g$i$ɛŋ, ꬶɛŋ, ꬶæŋ], , 1) a going; gait, in the “here [‘barley’]-g.”, “ait [‘oat’]-g.”, applied to the going of the mill: a) in grinding barley: more slowly (bere-g.); b) in grinding oats: more quickly (ait-g.); to set de mill till a bere-g. or ait-g.;  (bere-, ait-) $1$, 2) a thoroughfare, in the “t’rough”, thoroughfare; [trɔw··gæŋ·]. 3) times; circuit; row; a row of loops or stitches round or across something knitted or plaited (stockings; shawls; mats; baskets, ); a g. o’ loops; to mak’ a g. upon a sock, hap (shawl), flakki (mat), kessi (basket). 4) one of the bands ( made of rush or bentgrass), crossing round a kessi, plaited between the straw-bands, =. 5) a single row, dug by spade, across a cultivated patch of land; to de g., to plant potatoes right across a cultivated patch of land, = to de  . 6) a floor, = 1 b;,  — gangr,, a going, walking, gang,, a road, gang, , a passage; alley, The developed vowel-sound “ɛ, æ”, in the word, is due to
 * see under the verb.

geng [gɛŋ, gæŋ (g$i$ɛŋ, ꬶɛŋ, ꬶæŋ)], , to go, ganga,  gang, geng,, denotes both “to go” and “to walk”. The meanings, from Norn, may be noted: a) to swell; overflow, of water in a stream; de burn is gaun [‘going’]; b) to break heavily; to be in uproar, of the sea, of surf on a sunken rock: de is gaun; see $1$, ; c) of a current of air, sound-waves: to go; stream; roll; de is gaun, the thunder is rolling; of the entrails, guts: to rumble; de dog’s guts is [‘are’] gaun.  ganga,, inter alia, to flow; stream; also of sound-waves (lúðrar ganga, the trumpets are sounding); ganga 14 in Fr.; ganga yfir, to overflow; ganga upp, to increase, of wind and water (water in a river); in the    and “geng ”. Note also the use of  in certain modes