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282 de Gøstens [ꬶø̄stens] : part in names of hills (hills inhabited by trolls): de Gørhul [gø̄rwəl (-wȯl), gør··əwȯl·], α) in West Burra Isle; β) between Clousta and Aid, north of the lake “de Loch o’ Vara [vāra]”; [gø̄rwəl, gø̄$ə$rwəl (-wȯl)]: which, to tradition, was often heard the sound of a violin playing, is now also called “de trowie knowe”; here, has been translated as “trow” ( form of  troll). c) “de Gørs [gø̄$ə$rs, ꬶø̄$ə$rs] Kirn” or “de [gjū$ə$rs] Kirn” : a ravine into which the sea-water flows, and where the breakers often roar loudly.
 * gýgjar-steinar, b) as the first
 * gýgjar-hóll. The latter hill, from

gørd,, see ,

gørd,, see ,

gørdastøri [gør··dastø̄·ri],, a thick rope around the mouth of a straw-rope net ( or *). Also [gȯr··dastø̄·ri]. gyrði,, a hoop put round a vat to hold the staves together, and gyrde,, in  such as “gyrdetog”,, a rope to tie round a load. For the second part see further under that word. is another old name for ; see ,
 * gyrði-staurr, “girding stave or band";

gørdin,, see ,

†gøserin (gjøserin) [gø̄$ə$··sərɩn·, ꬶø̄··sərɩn·, gjø̄··sərɩn·],, the gizzard; de g. o’ a hen. From kjós-? ( kjóss,, a deep or hollow place, kjós, , the gizzard). Most a dialect transformation of gizzard ( gizzern), But kjós > køs > gøs is a regular development of sound in Norn.

gøsinfjog [ꬶøs··ɩnfjɔg·],, only noted down in the phrase “to speak wi’ de tongue o’ g.”, to tattle, to talk nonsense. (Onjefirt’). The first part of the is  gysja,   gussa,, to gossip. The second part is uncertain: folk?

gøt [(gøt) ꬶøt],, 1) to digest with difficulty; to eat food that causes a feeling of nausea ( fish-livers or food prepared from livers); to g. awa [‘away’] at onyting [‘something’], to try to swallow something that makes the gorge rise (something nauseating). 2) to cause nausea (of fish-livers, food prepared from fish-livers); hit [‘it’] is upo me; de livers is gøtin. [ꬶøt]. 3) of fish-livers: to become liquid, to deposit oil which collects on the top of the livers. In the with initial k:, .  [kød, ᶄød, kjød; kødi, ᶄødi, kjødi];  [kød]; [ᶄø̄$n$d]; de livers is , . These forms from the  are only noted down in sense 3.  in  [(gøtət) ꬶøtət]: a) partly liquefied, of raw fish-livers on the top of which the separated oil has collected; de livers is [‘are’] . In sense 1, gøt partly assimilates to  kyvte (kyöute: Molbech; kywt: Fejlberg), , to manage, of food and drink. In senses 2 and 3, is  kyta (*kjota?),, to push forward; to come up to the surface ( kytta,, to push quickly forward or up). It is doubtless, in sense 3, also conceivable that here is an association with gjóta,, to spawn, but the forms with initial k occasion some difficulty. A change g > k, when initial, is rare in Norn in comparison with the change k > g. See the word.
 * b) of food: partly digested

gøti [gøti (ꬶøti)], gødi [gødi], , liver-oil collected on decayed fish-livers; sometimes with added “oil”;