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Rh gi̇̄l, ꬶɩ̄l, gɩ̄l, gil); a whirling strip in the water, caused by an oar-stroke, de green g. [gɩl] fae [‘from’] de ayre [‘oar’] ; the wake, caused by a boat going fast or by a fast swimmer; shø [‘she’ = the boat] is leavin’ a g. [gɩl] efter [‘after’ = behind] her ; de duke [‘duck’] made a g. [gɩl] efter her ; an eddy in the water, caused by a splash; he ga’e [‘gave’] a g. [gil] . gil,, fermenting beer; in , such as “gilker”, , a vat for fermenting beer ( gyle-fat);  gil, , also : excitement; uproar.

gil$3$ [gil],, a mock-sun; luminous spot in the sky, = $1$, $1$ and. Rare. ? (reported by J.I.). gil, , gíll (gýll: B.H.), ,

gilgil [sic]$1$ [gɩl, gil, ꬶɩl ꬶil],, 1) ( ), to surge; rush; make eddies, of current, of a current against a point of land; de tide, is (,  and : gil, ꬶɩl, ꬶil). 2) ( and ) to stir up a liquid ( water; spoon-meat), stir liquids together; to stir up the water and make it muddy; to g. de water or to g. i’ [‘in’] de water; du maun no [‘must not’] g. de gruel [‘porridge’], boy! (: gɩl); to sit gilin [gilɩn] i’ de water (Conn.); to g. (sit ) i’ de “suppin’-meat”, to stir the spoon-meat, of someone not eating properly (: ꬶɩl). — of $2$,

gil$2$ [gɩl],, to eat very quickly and greedily, to g. ; of cattle; de coo [‘cow’] (is ) in. *gilja in sense of to fill; stuff into an opening ( gil,, an opening; fissure; cleft); gilja,, is handed down in a sense.

Hildina ballad. gjald (*gild), , payment.
 * gild,, payment; compensation.

gild [gɩld, ꬶɩld],, 1) payable; valídvalid [sic], of a certain weight and size, of fish, 14 pounds and upwards being the weight fixed for marketable fish; a g. ling. The great estate-owners or lairds in the isles had formerly the monopoly of buying up such fish, fixing the prices themselves. [ꬶɩld]. 2) valuable; capable; quick; smart; good at work, a g. hand; [gɩld, ꬶɩld; : ꬶɩld]; excellent; notable, in a disparaging sense: arrant, incorrigible ; a g. leear [‘liar’], an arrant liar, a g. tief, an arrant thief, but in the latter use of the word it merges into, , gildr,, valued at a certain price (gjald); perfectly valid; gild, inter alia, capable; excellent. With “ fish”  gildingr,, a split cod, two feet wide nearest the head (Fr.).

†gilder, gelder [ꬶeldər],, an ancient coin, worth five shillings. guilder,, a florin. $n$ and $n$,

small fry, small coalfish, now only in the  ;
 * gildin$2$ [gɩldɩn, ꬶɩldin, ꬶeldɩn], ,

†*gildin$1$ [gɩldin],, “guilder” as a measure of length, = six “cuttels” or Scottish ells. ? gyllin,, as a measure of ground: ¹⁄₁₆ “mark”, mörk ( mark). gulden, gülden, , a guilder.  and $1$.

gilet [gɩlət],, of sheep: having a white or whitish belly, brown back, and whitish round the tail. Reported from  in same sense as (having a white belly and dark back, or conversely). Though somewhat difficult to class, owing to the main-vowel “ɩ”, it is the same word as golóttr and gulutur,, both words used of the colour of sheep, denoting shades and mixed colours,