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258 in sense of a hole; opening; rent, must spring from gat,, a hole, which, however, is also found in in sense of a short, narrow, furrowed depression in the landscape, almost = gota. —, , , may also be derived from another word: *gjót(a); see , , in sense of a muddy (sandy) fishing-ground, is merged with $1$,

gotel, gotjel,, see ,

gothol [gɔt··hɔl·] and goithol [gɔi‘t··hɔl· (gåi‘t-), gȯi‘t··hɔl·],, anus in fish, =, : . :  *got-hol or *got. got,, = gothol, , anus; “got” a) spawning (of roe); b) spawned roe; see ,

gotrif, -riv [gotrɩf, gɔtrɩf, -rɩv] and goitrif [gȯi‘trɩf, gɔi‘t-, gåi‘trɩf, -rɩv], , anus in fish, =. gåi‘trɩf (gɔi‘t-): ; gȯi‘trɩf: gotrauf,, (O.N. rauf, , a hole; rift). — -, -, has  arisen from “rauf” by mingling with another word: rifa,, a rent; fissure, in now commonly.

gott [gȯƫ, gɔ̇ƫ, (ꬶȯt)], gotti [gȯƫɩ, ꬶȯti], goit [gɔi‘t, gåi‘t, gȯi‘t (gɔ̇i‘t)], goiti [gȯi‘ti, gȯti (gɔiti, gɔ̇iti)], goitek [gåitək], gjott [gjȯt], gjotek [gjȯtək], gøtt [gøt, g$n$øt, ꬶøt, gø$s$t (gøit)], gøtti [gøti, g$i$øti],, 1) a) (door-case) doorway; b) the space just inside the door (outer door); c) a chink in the door. In senses a and b noted down in : de [ꬶøt] o’ de door; in senses a and c in [gjȯtək] (Fladabister, ), doorway, door; to geng [‘go’] t’rough de. In sense a in (?): de  o’ de door; reported by J.I. [gɔi‘t, gåi‘t]. From is reported [gjȯt] in sense of a wide gate in a fence. The word is more common in the sense following than in the senses given under 1. 2) the threshold, often in the “de g. o’ de door”. :,  and , . In  “gȯi‘t”; in : “gȯƫ (gɔ̇ƫ), gȯƫɩ”; in : gȯƫ, gȯi‘t, gȯi‘ti.  : [(gȯƫɩ ꬶȯti], de  [ꬶȯti]-tree. and : [gøti, g$i$øti]; : g$i$øti. : [g$n$øt, ꬶøt]. : (, -i and) “gøit”. : ( and). ut ower de o’ de door. Geng ower de ! cross the ''threshold! step in for a moment!'' . 3) : a piece of timber laid down, on which the stern of a boat rests when drawn into the boat-shed; lay a g. in under de heel o’ de boat! [gɔi‘t, gȯi‘t]. — gátt,, door-case; doorway. gátt, , doorway.  gátt, , threshold. gaatt, , a groove, in a door-case or threshold. gåt, , a door-post, groove in a door-case,  — , in sense 3, doubtless springs from a root-meaning: threshold.
 * de [gȯi‘t] o’ de door.
 * : “gø̆t”; :
 * [g$n$øti]. Dey were no [‘not’]

, in, good. The forms “gɔt” and “gȯit” are found in an old formula, a kind of address to the cat, noted down in : aboot de (= )! [fərə mȯᶇa]! Up about the ear with the paw (wash round your ''ear)! it is good for the mouth'', it bodes well for fishing. “gȯ$w$t” is found in an obsolete, proverbial phrase from : a  , it is good to follow old men’s advice. A doublet [gō·ȯit] is found in a fragment of a song from : see Introd. (Fragments of Norn). — gott (*gótt), , from góðr,, good.
 * gott [gɔt, gȯ$i$t] and *goit [gȯit],

goul, and, see , and