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218 south, suðr. For the change k > g, when initial, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 33 (further examples are to be found in the ). — See further *,  ( form), the cows.

as the form in a fragment of conversation in Norn from Unst: g. [ꬶɛra so]! do that!. *ger (svá)! gera,, to do; make. For the use of “mak’”,, in meanings originating from Norn (gera), see mak’,
 * gera,, to make; handed down

gerbi,, see ,

gerd [gērd],, a halo around the sun or moon., See ,

gerdbalk,, see.

gerdi$mo$ [gērdi],, a fenced plot of pasture, adjoining the home-field (de ). , Fairly  as a place-name: (de), mostly pronounced “gērdi”, more rarely “gɛrdi, gærdi”; in with the suffixed : de [gērdin] : -s: de [gērdins] (in several places, in : de G. o’ Aith, o’ Klusta, o’ Twatt). See Sh. Stedn., pp. 97-98. — gerði, , a fenced patch of ground.
 * gerði-n, and often with an added

gerdi$h$ [gērdi],, a long, high-crested billow.  of garðr,, a fence;   garde, , in “drivgarde” and “rokgarde”, a rushing mass of water in the sea.

gerdste, gerdsti,, see , .

geslin [gēslɩn],, a gosling. gæslingr,, a gosling.

gesnin [g$1$ēznɩn],, strong contrary wind; dey will get a g. i’ deir face. Seems to be cognate with ,, cold wind; might be a noun formed from a lost verb *, *;  gjæsna, , to become violent, gjæsen, of weather. See and , gest [gɛst (ꬶɛst)],, 1) a guest. 2) half-burnt brand, standing right on its end, without any support, when the fire wastes away (: gɛst); this is considered as a foretelling of a guest’s arrival at the house; if, when touched with the fingers or tongs, the brand, “guest”, blazed up, then it was said: “dis [‘this’] is gaun [‘going’] to be a welcome g.”; in the opposite case, a disagreeable guest was expected: “dis is gaun to be a soor ane [‘sour one’]”. — gestr,, a guest. In sense 2, is specially Norse ;  gjest,, in sense of a pointed object (inter alia, a piece of burning wood in the fireplace) which, having slipped down, remains standing on end, foretelling the arrival of guests (R.).

get [gɛt],, to beget, get, , corresponding partly to geta, , partly to get,, but the past tense of  is, corresponding to gat and gat ( got). may be heard in the  in he got her with child.
 * he gat her wi’ bairn [‘child’],

getel [getəl, ꬶetəl],, induration in a stone; a very hard stone, quartz ( in a stone of soft quality). , Also  [gɩtəl]. geitill,, induration in a stone of soft quality. In , and, , are found in a somewhat sense. —   and ,

getilben, gøtilben [ꬶøt··ɩlben·], , the hindmost vertebra of a swine. ? Only noted down with an ø: -, but the word must be the above-mentioned, , induration, denoting, in this case, a vertebra. See the , , under which are found parallel forms with ø, such as gøtl-, gødl-.