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280 ; - [-fis·ki] ; [gȯm·fis·ti], jokingly or derisively of some illness or other, made too much fuss about, a cold; b) [go‘m··pəlfɩt·], testiness; malicious peevishness (

gumset [go‘msət],, big and clumsy; repulsive; having coarse, ugly features, g. and “g.-faced”; a g. fellow. From is reported [gjo‘msət] and [gjo‘msi] in the sense first given. —  gumsa,, a ewe; a corpulent, fleshy woman, and gumse, , a ram.

gum-stick,, see $h$,

gupen, gupm,, see , .

gurl [gorl, gorəl],, to root in dirt, see ,

gusl, gusel [gusəl (gosəl), gūsəl], , a strong, drying wind or squall of wind; draught, a g. o’ wind. gusəl (gosəl): and  gusəl, gūsəl: Also,  [gȯsəl] and, [gȯzəl]: ; .  of *gus (*gos)-. gusa,, to blow gently, gus,, current, and gos, , a current of air. For the l  gusul,, a babbler. — Other derivatives from this root are and ;

gusl,gusl, [sic] gusel [gusəl (gosəl), gūsəl], , to blow gently, of drying wind; he (he is ), a) it is blowing, blowing gently; b) it is beginning to blow. gusəl (gosəl): and  gusəl, gūsəl: Also,  [gȯsəl] and, [gȯzəl]: and. The “ [gusəld] fish” is used in of wind-dried fish, = the more common fish; see , — *gusla (*gosla); gusa,, to blow gently. See, ,

guster [gustər, gostər] and gust [gost],, 1) , : strong, drying wind or squall of wind, a g. o’ wind (o’ wadder). gustər (gostər): more commonly: . 2) arrogant behaviour; he had a g. wi’ him, he behaved (spoke) arrogantly; he cam’ wi’ a g.; he cam’ ut wi’ a g., he began to speak in a swaggering way; b) fierce, threatening address; he ga’e [‘gave’] a g. at him. — gustr,, a gust, blast. The preserved nominatival -r in  and the vowel-sound “u (o)” show that the word is Norn. With  to meaning 2 it may be remarked that  guste, , breath of wind, also (as is would seem) is found in sense of violence (Landstad; see Aa.). With different derivative ending gusul,, a babbler. — Besides , a form [gɔu‘stər, gåu‘stər] is also commonly found in , probably originating from ;   gouster, , a wiolentviolent [sic], swaggering fellow, and gowst, , to boast. Certainly a form gausta, , is found in  in sense of, a) to speak quickly and unintelligibly; b) to speak in a loud, threatening or scolding manner, but the diphthong “ou [ɔu, åu]” in the word rather indicates a  origin. “au (ǫu)” changes to $b$ ō, jō, ø̄; $1$ o, ɔ, ȯ, u, ø, in  Norn. There may be an  of  in the few cases in which the diphthong “ou” is preserved in Norn. See Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 21.
 * gostər: ; otherwise
 * a) blustering way of speaking;

guster [gustər, gostər],, to speak in a blustering way, to boast; what’s  aboot? Also to speak (accost someone) fiercely in a threatening manner, to g. at somebody. Besides, a form