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Rh sae [‘so’] wi’ ; ganga við, to be about; make progress (meaning 4 in Fr.); b) to decline; waste away; to be enfeebled, g. ’ or (more ) ; ganga (gaa) ved (R.);  ganga med or ved (ga me, gå vä: Ri.), to perish; die; c) to own up; confess, to g. ’ onyting ;  ganga við, to own up; confess (meaning 2 in Fr.). — “geng” is most to be regarded as a  form (Jam.: gang, geng) as the  “-ang” in is  preserved as “-ang [aŋ]” or “-ong [åŋ, ɔŋ!”- The form “genga [gæŋga]”, = ganga, is doubtless an accidental parallelism. An ancient form [gɔŋga], [gɔŋgə], = ganga, is found preserved in a few  Norn fragments from and  (see Introd.). In Hildina-ballad: gonga.

genga [(ꬶɛŋga) ꬶæŋga],, a long walk; dat will be a g. ganga,, a walking, going. For the development “ang > eng” in the word, see above under , ,

geng [gɛŋ, gæŋ (ꬶɛŋ, ꬶæŋ)]-aboot, , someone or something going about,, a) person always courting and playing the coquette, a giddy girl; b) tabu-name (sea-term) for tongs; c) g.-a. (: gæŋ··-abut·) =, ;

genger [gɛŋər, gæŋər],, in in the phrase “upo de (ane’s) ”, of the sun: at sunrise; tabu-term, belonging to fishermen’s “de is upon his , and de is gane dere [‘there’]” (with stress on ‘dere’), the sun is rising and the moon has set. is here   ganger, a saddle-horse, gangari, See ,

gengerum [(ꬶɛŋ··ərom·) ꬶæŋ··ərom·], , a vagrant. In same sense gangrel, gengrel, ( gangari, ganger, genger,  [gɛŋər, gæŋər, ꬶɛŋər, ꬶæŋər],, a pedestrian). — is the same word as “-aboot”, and the suffix -um might then be explained as um, and, about; around.

gep [gē$n$p, gɛp, gæp],, tattle; gossip. The form “gē$n$p” is noted down in Either  geip, , gossip; babble, or “gape”, an anglicised form of gap,, a crying; shouting, also tattle; gossip ( gaplyndi, ). The meaning gossip is foreign to gape, ,

gep [gē$ə$p, gɛp, gæp],, 1) to tattle; gossip. gē$ə$p: Either geipa, , to chatter; gossip, or an anglicised “gape”, from  gapa, , to gape; shout; gossip, gap ( gapa, , inter alia, to tattle). The meaning to chatter, gossip, is foreign to  gape,   , 2) to chew or swallow with difficulty; to make an effort in swallowing ( of a hen). geipa, , to let gape, with the geipla, , to make vulgar movements with the mouth, while munching.

ger [gē$ə$r],, 1) a triangular or wedge-shaped piece, a patch. 2) a narrow, grass-grown piece of land between two cultivated patches of land. —  geiri,, an angle; a gore; geire,,  also a strip of ground, grasgeire. gair, gare,, a triangular piece of cloth; strip of grass in a barren spot,

noted down in the “de g. cam’ a’ [‘all’] in ae [‘one’] clowbang [klubaŋ·]”, all the cows came running at once. for * [*gø̄r] from , a cow. For the change ø > e in  $ə$ [ēr] from an older , seashore,sea-shore, [sic] øyrr,  * [sē$ə$r] from *,, south, to the
 * ger [gē$n$r],, cows.  Only
 * [*kø̄r]; kýr,  of kýr (kú),