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252 craned neck; to stand ; what is du at? Parallel form to, ; For the o-sound gon,, a stiff-necked person; one who gives himself airs. In is found a form “gána [gåana]” = gana,

†gonal [gonal],, a holey, worn-out shoe of hide, a auld [‘old’] g.  uncertain.

gonga [gɔŋga]-fish, gonge [gɔŋgə (g$i$ȯŋə)]-fish,, 1) in boat-fishing: the last fish drawn out of the water before the boat leaves the fishing-ground. “ [gjɔŋga]-fish” and “ [gjɔŋgə]-fish” . 2) a very large fish ( of cod, ling and halibut);  : [gɔŋgə]-fish. From Papa Stur is reported “ [g$h$ȯŋə]-fish” in sense of a halibut. — *gǫngu-(fiskr), from ganga,, a going, walking. ,, in g.-f. 1, must be understood as the departure of the boat from the fishing-ground, g.-f. 2 may be developed from g.-f. 1 and really denote the last large or valuable fish caught before the fishing is concluded, but is more the same word as and  gang-fisk, , a spawning fish. — - in “-piece” and “”,, under , ,
 * -fish. Also

gongbit [goŋbɩt],, a mark in a sheep’s ear: one of the two small incisions made (cut) opposite each other on the edge of the ear. gagn,, opposite to; towards; against; through, which is found as the first part in , such as á gagngjǫrt, straight towards; opposite to, gagnvart and gagnvert = gegnt, opposite to, over against. ,  For the second part see $h$ and ,
 * gagn-bit(i). The first part - is

gongbitet [goŋ··bɩt·ət],, of a sheep’s ear: marked with two small incisions opposite each other, one on each side of the ear; a g. lug; a g. sheep. More common than the substantive. *gagn-bitaðr. For the explanation of the word see ,

gongj, gongsj [gȯndᶎ, gȯᶇdᶎ], , 1) to swagger; swing, when walking; to geng t’rough de place.  . 2) to walk aimlessly; to saunter; hwar gengs du (is du gaun) till? where are you sauntering to? ; , = gunga,, to swing. With the change *gungsa > *runsa > [rȯndᶎ, rȯᶇdᶎ], which is used with  2 in [skȯndᶎ, skȯᶇdᶎ], *hundsa > [hȯndᶎ, hȯᶇdᶎ].
 * *gungsa.  gungsa,
 * further: skunsa >

gongtag [gɔŋtag, goŋtag, gȯŋtag] and gongtak [goŋtak, gȯŋtak], , one of the two straps by which the girth is attached to the pack-saddle. Each strap is fastened by both ends into two holes, one in each corner of “de ” (the board of the pack-saddle, one board on each side of the horse), while the middle (curve) of the strap is attached to the girth (de wame-girt). The word is recorded in many forms: a) [gȯŋtag]; , [gɔŋtag]; b)  [goŋtak, gȯŋ-]: doubtless a rare form (locality uncertain); c), (-), -:  [gɔᶇtak, gɔᶇtək, gɔ‘ᶇ-, goᶇtak, go‘ᶇtək];   [gȯ‘ᶇtək];  [gȯ‘ᶇtag]; d) [gåuntag]:  ; e) [goŋ··tag·əl]:  ; f) [goŋtu, gȯŋtu]: ? ; g) [ga‘ntu, gāntu]: ; h) :  , [goŋtɔu, -tåu]; (and ) [gȯŋtåu]; i)
 * and [goŋtag];