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220 Tabu-name, sea-term? Either kytel,, a common knife, wooden knife (for the change k > g in Norn, when initial, see Introd. V. — also N.Spr. VII —, § 33), or cyllell, a knife (for a change ll > dl on see Introd. V — also N.Spr. VII —, § 42).

gi’e [gɩ̄],, natural ability; a correct manner of behaviour or of carrying out something, almost = , In its form, the word is gi’e,, =  to give. The meaning given, however, is Norse; givnad,, (something congenital); a natural ability.

gi’e [gɩ̄, gɩ],, to give; a form of to give. In special meaning as a tabu-word at sea in fishermen’s : to fail; go to pieces, of a fishing-line, de lines ga’e [‘gave’] ;  “give” in sense of to give way, and giva seg, inter alia, to fail; give up, givast and gevast, to become fatigued;to lose one’s strength. — Is, in some phrases with and , Norse: a) g.  , to urge on; work energetically at something, —  gefa á; b) g. , to give much to, in expressing an intense desire; I would “g. ” a guid [‘good’] somet’in’ [‘something’]; : ek vildi gefa mikit til, at —, and : eg skulde giva myket til, um —. “g. ” is also found in sense of to drub; to cudgel, “I ga’e [‘gave’] till him”, but may, in this sense, as well be, as “gi’e” in is generally used in sense of to strike. — Note g. [‘up’] in as: he ga’e op upo dem, he gave it up owing to exhaustion; he withdrew from the game ; de boat (sail, mast) ga,ega’e [sic] op upo dem, the boat (the sail, mast) was no longer serviceable ; gefask upp, and give up.

gig [gi̇̄g],, coalfish hung up and dried, ; mostly in the phrase: “ ”,, hanging coalfish turned sour; for *. not have a similar root-meaning to [ gaukr] —  — used also of coalfish, and be cognate with giege,, a fool? might, in spite of the long vowel, be the same word as the first part of the in “ (, kega, gega)-”;
 * uncertain. Might

giget [gigət],, stumbling about, making foolish movements and gestures; to geng g., to stumble about like a fool.   giga, , to stumble along with a slow, tottering gait, gigl, giglen and giglutt, , staggering; rocking; stumbling, ganga (to go) giglent, giglutt (R.). , with implied notion of foolishness, imbecility, is by  (and ) giggle,

gigga-piltek [ꬶega (ꬶɩga)-pʌ‘ltək], , see.

gil$w$ [gɩl, ꬶɩl],, a ravine; ghyll, a small, narrow dale. Also [gɩli, geli, ꬶɩli] and [gɩlək, gelək, ꬶɩlək]. appears as the last part of in place-names. With suffixed in the ( -in) is found as a place name, : Gilena grona [gɩl··əna· grɔna] : an added  -s: de Gilins [gɩlɩns, ꬶɩlɩns]. — gil, , a cleft in a rock; a deep, narrow dale; ravine; ghyll.
 * gilin grœnu, “the greenglens”; with

gil$w$ [gɩl, ꬶɩl, gil, ꬶil, gi̇̄l, gɩ̄l, ꬶɩ̄l], , fermentation; fermenting liquid, used in the meanings: 1) fermenting beer; gaun [‘going’] g. [gil], recently fermented beer (?). 2) a foaming eddy, a g. i’ de water; a g. o’ tide, tidal eddy (: gil, ꬶɩl;, : ꬶil); greenish or bluish foam around a sunken rock on which the sea is breaking (: