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Rh ginsj [gənᶊ], ginzj [gɩndᶎ],, to squeeze or press together; to tie very firmly.. from Papa in the phrase: de loops or stitches is  [gənᶊd] on de wire, (in knitting, stockings), the stitches are too close on the knitting-needle. , for * by metathesis. gnysja,, to squeeze; crush firmly, and knysja,, to crush together. and ,
 * The word is reported

gip [gɩp, ꬶɩp],, a cut made in the belly of a fish; the place where the fish is cut when the entrails are taken out, de g. o’ de fish. gip,, a gap, and gipa, , a scratch; deep wound. For the form and meaning of the word, see further ,

gip [gɩp, ꬶɩp],, to gut a fish, to g. fish. gipa, , to make an opening; to let gape, and gip [dᶎɩp],  The g-sound in gip indicates that this word springs from *gipa and not from the gip, the g of which is sounded dᶎ; the development, however, of the meaning of the word must be due to of  gip. —, , and , ,

gipek [gɩpək, ꬶɩpak] and giper [gɩper (ꬶɩpər)],, a small knife for gutting fish. of ,

gipi or gippi [(gɩpi) ꬶɩpi],, a gap; narrow passage; fissure, a fissure in a rock or in a rocky coast, somewhat wider than. *gip(a) or *gipp(a). gip, , a gap, and gipa,, a scratch; incision; deep cut; gippa, , a crack; fissure (gipa,, to gape).

girbi [gɩrbi],, 1) a mass of something scraped together, a lock [‘lot’] o’ g. . 2) a great deal, ironically of something insignificant, a trifling gift; yon [‘that’] is a g. . Also [ꬶärbi] and [ꬶærbi]: , in meaning 2. — *gyrpa. gurpa, gyrpa,, jörpa, , thick mud; a porridge-like mass; mire; mixture.

gird [gɩrd, gərd],, to girt, : 1) to strap the saddle-girth on a pack-horse, to g. a horse. 2) to put hoops on a cask or vat made of staves, to g. a cask. More rarely [ꬶørd] gyrða,, to girt ( gjorde). and, , a girth; hoop of a cask. ø in springs from y. A form  [gȯrd] is found in the *, in sense of to move with expedition and force; to work energetically is

girdin [gərdin] and gørdin [ꬶørdɩn], , a girth, : 1) saddle-girth on a pack-horse; belly-, belly-band, = wame-girt. 2) a hoop; hoop of a vat made of staves. In meaning 2 now :. —  gyrding,, and gjording,, a rope to gird or to tie something with. - in , might, however, also be explained as the suffixed ( gjǫrð,,  form: gjǫrðin).

girj [gɩrdᶎ] and gilj [gɩldᶎ], , 1), to press; squeeze,  a soft, elastic object or mass; to press closely together by tying firmly. 2) , to be squeezed, pressed; to be pressed out, of water in shoes or boots squeezed out in walking; in this sense reported: ; de water [gɩldᶎd] ut o’ my boots. — gyrja,, to press or squeeze a soft mass; also to be squeezed out. See ,

gis, gisi,, see ,

gisen, gissen [gɩsən, gɩzən, ꬶɩ-], , to be dried up; to become leaky by shrinking, to get open interstices, used of something consisting of boards