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gal, sb., see gilgal.

galafer [gā··lafər·], sb., noisy, frolicsome mirth; gi’en [‘given’] to g.; fu’ [‘full’] o’ g.; to mak’ g. Fo., N.I. galfer [ga‘lfər]: Uⁿ., esp. in pl.: galfers; I can hear de galfers o’ dem. — No. galneferd, f., foolish behaviour; galnast and galna seg, vb., to play foolish tricks (O.N. galinn, adj., enchanted, No. galen, adj., mad; wild; unruly, etc.). For gala- cf. O.N. galaskapr, m., wildness; mirth.

galafert [gā··lafə‘rt·], adj., wild; frolicsome; a g. lass. Esh., Nm^w. Really a substantive and the same word as galafer; see prec.

galbou [galbåu], sb., hubbub; very noisy mirth; to mak’ or had [‘hold’] a g. Fe. The first part of the compd. is O.N. gal, n., bawling. The second part is uncertain; might be a shortening of O.N. *baul, n., bellowing — cf. gandigou under gandigoul, sb.

galder [galdər], sb., 1) a) noisy, foolish talk; chatter; nane [‘none’] o’ dy g.! der’r a g. upo dee de day, how you are chattering to-day! b) noisy mirth; often in pl.: de galders o’ de bairns [‘children’] (Nm.). 2) high, roaring wind; strong gust of wind; a g. o’ wind; fairly comm. 3) great uproar in the sea, a g. i’ de sea. — In senses 1 a, 2 and 3 also golder; q.v. — O.N. galdr, m., crowing, magic song, etc.; No. galder, m., a) witchcraft; b) roaring; O.N. gala, vb., to crow, also of wind: galandi landnyrðingr, a howling north-east wind.

galder [galdər], vb., 1) a) to speak in a loud, foolish manner; a galderin voice, a loud, penetrating voice; b) to laugh noisily and wildly. 2) of wind: to bluster. 3) of water: to rush; gush. — In senses 1 a, 2 and 3 also golder; q.v. — No. galdra, vb., to bawl; cry; also to practise witchcraft.

†galderi [gal··dəri·], sb., an empty, open buildingthrough which the wind blows; an open, draughty space. Mingling of galder, high wind, and Eng. gallery?

galder-squash [gal··dərskwaᶊ·], sb., noisy surf along the shore. Fo. A compd. of galder, sb. (meaning 3) and Eng. swash, sb.

*galdragon, *galdra-gon, sb., a sorceress; witch. The word is found in Sir Walter Scott’s novel “The Pirate” (the scene of which is laid in Shetland), and applied to a Shetl. soothsayer; prob. a word from Shetl. Norn. O.N. galdrakona, f., a sorceress (galdr, m., crowing; a magic song; witchcraft). — “kona” is preserved in Shetl. in the form kuna.

galdret [gal··dərət·], adj., blustering and noisy in talk; laughing wildly and frolicsomely; a g. body. *galdróttr. See galder, sb. and vb.

†galirant [gal·ira‘nt·], vb., to behave giddily, playing foolish tricks. Du.? The first part of the compd. gali- must be regarded as being similar to gala-, gal- in galafer (galfer), sb., frolics (O.N. galinn, No. galen, adj., mad; wild; unruly, etc.), and gal- in galbou, sb., noise; mirth. The second part, rant, is L.Sc. rant, vb., to be frolicsome in a noisy way. In the same sense as galirant is used galivant [gal·iva‘nt·], which is Eng. dial., L.Sc. and Irish-Eng. galivant, vb., to gad about; to jaunt; flirt; the meaning of this word has been changed in Shetl. with association of “galli-” to the root “gall”, mentioned above.

gal(j)ori, sb., see goller, sb.

gall [gäᶅ] and gald [gäᶅd], adj., hard; difficult; bad, intensive in certain exprs.: a) a g. knot, a knot, tied in a certain manner, difficult to loosen (N.Roe), also called “grani-knot”, tied reversely to the so-called “reef-knot”; the form “ga’ [gā]-knot”