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†gowl [gɔu$ə$l],, the inward hollow of the hindmost part of an animal’s back. Also [gō$ə$l]. with gowl,, a hollow between two hills. To be compared with this: gyvle (and gylve),, a narrow passage; cleft; hollow,

grabb [grab],, to grab; grasp. and grabba,  grab, , to seize with violence; to grasp. ,

gram [gram] and grama [grāma], , a collection or heap of small objects (small potatoes; tiny fishes). ( of potatoes). from the synonymous $2$, ; also ,
 * , a lock [‘lot’] o’ g. :

gram [grām],, 1) very desirous of, bent on (getting) something, g. aboot a ting. ; 2) delighted; overjoyed; he was g. ower it. “in an excited state of mind, mentally unhinged", and originating from ON.O.N. [sic] gramr,, handed down in sense of wroth; embittered; offended.

†gramis [grāmɩᶊ],, to bewitch. Mostly in  [grāmɩᶊt], smitten by witchcraft; bewitched. to be derived directly from gramr,, fiend; demon; “gramir” and “gramendr”, used in cursing-formulas. For the ending -is in   and , and  The word might, however, be  [grā··məri·],, magic, must thus be “gramarye”,, in the same sense (Jam.).

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granbet [gran·bē$æ$t·, gran·bet·], , in fishing: to cut open the lower jaw and throat of a fish in order to extract the hook, when swallowed too far down; to g. a fish. [gran·bē$æ$t·, -bet·]. [gran(d)·bet·]. The first part of the is grǫn (gran-),, muzzle, the lip where the beard grows, also jaw ( granbein,, ). The second part is beita,, which means to cause to bite, but also, inter alia, was used in the sense of to make an incision;  beita, 7, in Ross. See ,

grand [grand, gräᶇd],, to hurt by witchcraft. [grandət, gräᶇdət],, a) bewitched, irretrievably lost; “hit [‘it’] is no [‘not’] to say, at [‘that’] he was witched, but he was [grandət]”, he was not only bewitched, but there was no hope of rescue for him ; b) distracted; queer ( caused by witchcraft, enchantment), said of one who behaves in an unusual manner; he’s, there is something wrong with him; applied to human beings and animals. [grand]. and [gräᶇd]. — granda,, to hurt; damage.  seems to have absorbed the verb *ganda, and ganda, to practise witchcraft.

granderi [gran··dəri·, gräᶇ··dəri·], , 1) witchcraft; sorcery. 2) queer behaviour ( caused by witchcraft); der’r a g. come ower dee, there is something wrong with you (: gräᶇ··dəri·). of ,

“*grandrie”, “*grandorie”, , to Balfour: “a septennial court to abate nuisances and punish local abuses” (in the Glossary to D. Balfour, Oppressions of the 16th century in Orkney and Zetland. Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs). *grandrof? grand,, a hurt; injury; rof,, a breach; retraction; reversal of judgement. $n$,
 * *dóm-rof.

grani [grani],, 1) the jaw, 17*