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down in the expr.: “*g. dag (dagh)!” good day! Fo. From Walls (Wests.) is reported as an old Foula-greeting “goga daga (gaga), goga!” good day, my good (good man or woman)! — goden (goga) in “g. dag” is O.N. góðan, acc. sing. masc. of góðr, adj., good. goga in sense of (my) good man or woman corresponds, in address, to Fær. góðin (def. form), my good man, and góðan (def. form), my good woman.

godet [gōdət, gō^ədət], adj., minded; tempered; in a certain mood or state of mind, esp. in conn. with “weel [‘well’]” and “ill”: weel g., in a good temper, contented, and “ill g., ill-g.”, in a bad temper; discontented and taciturn; disobliging; malicious. Also gudet [gūdət], weel or ill gudet. Uⁿ. *gáðr, gǫ́ðr from gá, gǫ́? O.N. gá, vb., to pay attention to something. No. gaa, vb., a) to notice, to be aware; b) to feel, to be sensible of; of state of mind: to feel uneasy, to feel a want or longing. Icel. gáðr, adj. (prop. perf. part. of gá, vb.), cautious (B.H.); in one’s right senses; sober.

gof, sb. and vb., see guf, sb. and vb.

gofs, sb., gofset, adj., see gufs, gufset.

gog¹ [gōg], sb., a dirty stripe or spot, a g. doon [‘down’] ower de face, a dirty g. Sa., Du. In Nmⁿ. (N.Roe): gjog [gjō^əg, gjog], a dirty g.; black gjogs in a puir [‘poor’] fish. Is doubtless etym. associated with gogl, sb.; cf. gag, gog², gagl and gogl, sbs. — Another gog [gōg], reported from Sa. in sense of a small hollow or hole in the soil, is most prob. Celt. — cf. Gael. and Cymr. gag [gág], sb., a cleft;fissure; opening, Gael. (Irish) gobhag [goug], sb., a fissure; split; cave, etc. — although one might also think of Icel. gygja, f., “(apparently) a hollow; pit-

fall” (E.J., Suppl.). From N.Roe is reported gjog [gjō^əg] in sense of a narrow hollow; see gjog², sb.

gog² [gog, gɔg, gȯg], sb., dirty slime scraped from fish, fish-g. comm.; mostly pronounced “gȯg”. For the possible etymology of the word see below gogl, sb. Cf. gor, sb.

gog¹ [gōg], vb., to make dirty; to soil. goget [gōgət], perf. part. and adj., soiled; filthy. Conn. From gog¹, sb.

gog² [(gog, gɔg) gȯg], vb., to besmear with slime from fish, esp. in perf. part. goget [(gogət, gɔgət) gȯgət], besmeared with dirty slime from fish, gog², sb.

goger [gōgər, gō^əgər], sb., 1) a kind oflarge fishing-hook; now commonly used of any fishing-hook above the usual size; a great g. o’ a hook; a turbot [‘halibut’]-g. 2) a very big needle; a big knitting-needle. N.I. (Yⁿ.) and Nm^{n., w.} [gōgər, gō^əgər]. Du. [gōgər]. From Nm^w. (Esh.) only reported in sense 1. — Icel. goggr, m., an iron hook used by fishermen (B.H.).

goget [gōgət] and gjoget [gjōgət], adj., striped; covered with dirty stripes; soiled; dy [‘your’] face is a’ [‘all’] g. Du.: goget and gjoget. Nm.: gjoget. Deriv. of gog¹, sb.

gogi, sb., see kogi², sb.

gogl [gog^əl, gɔg^əl, gȯg^əl], sb., mire; (soft) dirt; filth. N.I. (U.: gog^əl, gɔg^əl; otherwise more commonly: gȯg^əl). O.N. gogli, m., mire; mud. See gagl, sb.

gogl [gog^əl, gɔg^əl, gȯg^əl], vb., 1) to soil; to dirty. 2) to work with the hands in a moist, dirty substance; to g. [gog^əl] i’ de golgrav (liquid manure) (Uⁿ.). Deriv. of gogl, sb.

goieg, goiek [gɔiəg, gåiəg, -ək], sb., 1) a snow-man, = gøk. Uⁿ. 2) a young coalfish, “May-piltek”