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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
goirt, sore, sour, Ir. goirt, sore, salt, E. Ir. goirt, bitter: *gorti-, I. E. gher, be rough, as in garbh.
goirtean, a little field of corn, croft, Ir. goirtín, gort, garden, corn-field, O. Ir. gort, seges, W. garth, enclosure, Br. garz (do.): *gorto-; Lat. hortus; Gr. χόρτος, straw-yard; Eng. garden, garth, etc.
goisear (pl. -an), guisers, waits, singers about Christmas, etc. (Carm.):
gòisinn, gòisne, a snare, Ir. gaisde, O. Ir. goiste, suspendium. Cf. gaoisid.
goisridh, company, people; see gasraidh.
goisdidh, gossip, godfather, M. Ir. goistibe, godfather; from M. Eng. godsibhe, now gossip.
golag, a gudget: *gulo-; Gr. γúλιος, wallet, O. H. G. kiulla.
gòlanach, two-headed (H.S.D.): "forked", from gobhlan?
gomag, a nip, pinch (M'L., gòmag), gàmag, large bite (Skye):
gon, wound, bewitch, Ir. gonadh, wounding, E. Ir. gonim: *gonô, I wound, I. E. ꬶhen; Gr. φόνος, slaughter, θείνω, hit; Norse, gunnr, battle, O. H. G. gundea (do.); Skr. han, strike, slay.
gonan, grass roots; cf. cona.
gòrach, silly, Ir. gorach; Gr. γαῦρος, exulting, skittish, haughty; root ꬶau, be free, Lat. gaudium, Eng. joy.
gorm, blue, green, Ir., E. Ir. gorm, blue, W. gwrm, dusky: gorsmo-, root gor, warm ("warm colour"), as in G. gar (Stokes).
gòrsaid, a cuirass, gorget; from Eng. gorget.
†gort, a field, standing corn, Ir. gort; see gart, goirtean.
gort, goirt, famine, Ir. gorta, O. Ir. gorte; I. E. gher, desire, want; Gr. χρέος, necessity, χρηΐζω, wish; Eng. yearn.
goth, toss the head contemptuously or giddily (M'A.); gòth, airy gait (Arm., gothadh, Sh., O'R): possibly from Eng. go. Cf. W. goth, pride.
gothlam, prating noise, M. Ir. gothach, noisy; from guth.
grab, interrupt, grabadh, hindrance, Ir. grabadh; apparently from Eng. grab. Cf. W. crap, prehensio, Romance graffo.
grabh, abhorrence:
grabh, grabhail, engrave, Ir. grabháil; from Eng. grave, engrave.
gràchdan, querulous noise of hens, Ir. gràgoill, clucking of a hen, crow's crowing. See gràg.
grad, sudden, Ir. grad, grod: *groddo-, root grod, gred, as in greas, q.v.
gràda, ugly; usual form of grànda, q.v.
gradan, snuff, corn kilned by burning its straw, the meal derived from the foresaid corn, Ir. gradán. Cf. greadan.
