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Rh [gɔu‘stər, gåu‘stər] is also found in, which most is ; see the preceding word. — arises from  gusta, , to blow, or from a *gausta (gǫusta);  gausta,, to speak loudly in a threatening or scolding manner. See further under ,

gworm [gwȯrm],, to wind; twine ; see *,

two-stringed fiddle. gígja, , a fiddle. See *.
 * gø [gø̄],, an old-fashioned,

path; now only in place-names. See further under ,
 * gøda [gøda, ꬶøda],, a road,

†gødasi [gød··asi·],, titbit, some good thing put by for a certain occasion; to keep onyting [‘something’] for a g. Seems to be a modernism: [gød],, good ( gud, gude) with the suffixed ending -asi. The word might, however, have sprung from gœðska, gœzka,, goodness; the use of the gøðska,,  godskor, , of something good, anything with which to regale oneself, dainty food.

gødek,, see ,

gødin [gødin (g$h$ødin, ꬶødin)], , manure, cattle-dung. From is reported a form [g$i$ødɩŋ] ( guiding) with preserved final g. An old *gœðing,, in sense of manure. gjøding,  gøðing, , fattening. The common word in Norn for manure: tað, : tǫð, is found again in as the first part in the ,, , , , transport-basket for manure, ; see. — -fork [gødin-fɔ‘rk, -få‘rk], , dung-fork.

gødi-oil,, see -oil.

gødlarigg, gødlisrigg,, see ,

gøk [(gø̄k) ꬶø̄$wg$k],, a snowman, a snawie [‘snowy’] g.. Is doubtless gaukr,, a) a cuckoo; b) a fool, a simpleton. See , and ,

gøl [g$i$ø̄l, ꬶø̄0l, ꬶø̄$ə$l],, 1) wind, a faint breeze; he is no [‘not’] muckle wind at sea, just a g. upo de land, there is not much wind out at sea (out on the open sea), only a breeze towards the land. a sea- [ꬶø̄l] , strong wind or storm at sea (and calm on land). 2) swell in the sea before or after a storm, = $n$ 2 and 3; a  i’ de sea. — gaul,, a) a gust of wind; b) a faint breeze; gentle, steady wind; gaul, , howling. See $i$ and ,

gøl [g$ə$ø̄l, ꬶø̄l, ꬶø̄$1$l],, to blow; howl, of wind; de wind is i’ de door. gaula,, to howl; gaula,, , but also = gula,, to blow gently.

gølti,, see and.

gøltirigg,, see.

gør [gø̄r, ꬶø̄r],, 1) an unusually tall woman (giantess); a tall, masculine woman. 2) a big snowman, a snawie g. The final r is the old  sign.sing. [sic] gýgr, ( gýgjar), a giantess, witch. gäikerl,  “gyre” denotes, to Dennison, a powerful, malignant spirit. — As a place-name is frequently found, without the final r:. It appears: a) as a name of detached rocks, de Gør [gø̄r, ꬶø̄r] (Mossbank, ); de Gør [ꬶø̄$1$r] (Viggi, ); de Gørn [ꬶø̄rn] : *gýgrin ( form); de stakk o’ Gørasten [gør··asten·] : *gýgjarsteinn. de Longegø [lɔŋ··gəꬶø̄·]: a globe, lump), also called “de Rundgøens [ron(d)··ꬶø̄əns] — skerries near Fella (an islet near
 * langa gýgr, and “de Bellagø [bəᶅ··aꬶø̄·]”:
 * ballar-gýgr (from bǫllr, ,