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Rh part, , is  grǫf, , a hole dug; pit. The first part has arisen from * through of the  , cattle-wash, liquid manure, and , , = . But g in may, however, also be regarded as the old preserved prefix, mentioned, inter alia, under $1$, , ,, and , — A form  or  [gulgrəf, golgrəf] is reported from in sense of byre-dung, kept in the byre the whole year round, from (Onjefirt’) in special meaning of manure and earth in alternate layers, serving as litter for stalled cattle. [gūl·grē$ə$v·] is reported from in the sense last quoted.

goli, gol-y [goli, gȯli],, agitated, with swell, applied to the sea. of $1$, 2.

golikast [gol·ikast··],, commotion in the sea, with the wind against the waves; cross-sea; a g. i’ de sea. gust of wind. 2,, 3, and ,
 * gol(u)- or *gul(u)kast. See $1$,

golin [gɔlɩn, golɩn],, tabu-name, sea-term, used in fishermen’s for “”, dogfish (a small species of shark). : *gálinn, form of *gáli,   gaale, , and gjæla,, a fool; “gjæla” is also used as a name for fish, inter alia, in the “haagjæla”, a species of small shark; gála, , a) a frivolous woman; b) a trout. — is another  tabu-name for “”, dogfish.

golir [gȯᶅir·],, to bellow loudly. For the first part, see , The last part is , , to scream.

sew, using long stitches. 2) to knit with large or awkward movements, of an unpractised person beginning be- ginning to learn knitting; “has du begun to g.”?  - is  a corruption of an older *;  a) jólastingur,, “Christmas-stitches”, long stitches taken in sewing (during busy time before Christmas), and b) ,
 * golisting [gol·ɩstɩŋ··],, 1) to

golla (golja) [gȯᶅa],, 1) a young woman attending a mother at the baptism of her child in the church. 2) godmother ; -bairn. 3) denoting a midwife (=, ), and then commonly with addition of the name of the person in question; “g. so and so (midwife so and so)”. — kolla, , a woman (as the second part of a, in “kirkju-kolla”, a woman connecteaconnected [sic] with the church); kolla,,  in sense of a charwoman; maid-servant (east , “kulle”); kulla,, a girl. — Some examples of a change of initial k to g in  Norn are given in the Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 33, the end; further examples might have been mentioned there.

golla [gȯᶅa]-bairn,, a godchild. See ,

of fish; “a -wort’”, really, a hundred pounds of fish, further, a trifle, a small weight of fish; a poor profit from fishing. Really a florin ( gylden, Gulden, Gülden). In old deeds the word is spelt “gudling, guidling, gullion, gulyeon”, but is to be understood in ways. In a list by James Pitcairn of the revenues of the parochial benefices in the beginning of the 17th century (Revenues of the parochial benefices of Shetland) is quoted the so-called “bot teind” or “botis teind” (boat’s tithe) in number of “gudlingis, guidlingis” (see G. Goudie, Ant. pp. 155—157). to Pitcairn every “guidling” was worth 24 “shillingis Scottis” (G. G.
 * †gollen$n$ [gȯᶅən],, one hundredweight,