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Rh g.-oil. The form “gødi” is peculiar to In the  the word is found with initial k: , , ;  [k$i$øti (ᶄøti), kødi, ᶄødi, kjødi, k$i$ȯdi (ᶄȯdi)]; [køti, kødi, k$i$ødi]. — The association with gjóta,, to spawn, in (gjota) also in sense of to come up ( of mud: R.), is uncertain on account of the forms with initial k. See further under the preceding word.

gøtilben,, see.

gøtlirigg,, see.

gøtt, gøtti,, doorway; threshold, see further under ,

  †ha’ [hâ],, a grotto, rocky cavern, =. . May be a running together of a) the common ha’ = “ha’” from hall, and b)  * (the root in ), which in place-names is found in sense of rocky cavern; cleft in a rocky wall.

habagoitlek [hab·agȯi‘t·lək],, a miserable dwelling, a hut; a miserable h. A  The second part is  a derivative, formed from, , a hut, and the ending -lek;  høslek, “small house”, as a tabu-name (sea-term) for booth, fisherman’s hut. The first part - is an of an  word, beginning “habit-” in sense of a dwelling, such as: habitacle, habitance, habitation.

habbi-gabbi [hab··igab·i], and , noted down in collocations and applications: a) to play h., to throw up a stone and try to catch it when it falls down again, a boy’s game; also of throwing with stones instead of one, or with other small objects ( potatoes), which one throws into the air and tries to catch again. the word really denotes haphazard, chance. 2) throwing for a scramble, coins; to kast h., to throw for a scramble among a crowd. Thus Edm. The root-meaning doubtless also here is “(at) haphazard, (by) chance”, then represents a from an old “*happ ok glapp” ( happ,, good luck, and glapp, , a mishap; a chance shot, );   “paa haap og glaap”, at haphazard (R. under “glopp”), “með höppum og glöppum”, with varied fortune, according to chance, häppegläpp, , by chance or haphazard. For the form , habba-lykka,, chance, and “habba sig”,, to chance to, = happa sig.

had [had],, 1) a hold; grip. 2) a grip; handle; ear on a straw-basket ; see , 3) a place ( a swamp) where one can catch the horses in the out-field. form: had = hald, hauld,, a hold,  hald, , a hold, grip; ,  and  hald, , also a handle, ear. In other senses, such as refuge, hiding-place, lair (otter’s had),  is

had$n$ [had],, to hold; keep. form: had, hauld. halda, , to hold. For an old form from the obsolete *, ,   in the is: høld [høld], in : hadden [hadən]. — to h. a, to keep house. to h. , to keep Christmas. “h. dee [hadi]” or “h. dy hand!” ''stop that! hold your'' ''hand! h.'' dy hands! let me alone!