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= øl (O.N. ylr, m., heat). The initial g is, in that case, the old prefix; with ref. to this, see gjoger¹, gl(j)oger, sbs., and goldet, adj.

gold, vb., see goldet, adj.

golder [gåldər, gɔldər (goldər)], sb., 1) noisy, unintelligible talk, = galder. Sa. [gåldər]; Nm. [gɔldər (goldər)]. 2) a strong gust of wind; hard (really noisy) blast, = galder; a g. o’ wind; Nm. [gɔldər (goldər)]. 3) a rushing noise from a quantity of water, de g. o’ a burn; surf, a g. in aboot de shore; uproar in the sea, a g. i’ de sea, de g. o’ de sea; eddy, foaming water rising from the stem of a boat or ship at full speed (= fross², froti); de boat is settin a g. f(r)ae her. Nm. [gɔldər (goldər)]. — The word is a parallel form to galder, sb. For the alternation of a and o in Shetl. Norn, see Introd. V (also N.Spr. VII), § 1. L.Sc. “golder, gulder” is used in sense of a yell or loud cry-, a vigorous exclamation; boisterous and threatening speech, but acc. to Jam., not of wind, rushing water or agitated sea.

golder [gåldər, gɔldər, goldər], vb., 1) to talk noisily and unintelligibly, = galder; Sa. [gåldər]; Nm. [gɔldər, goldor]. 2) of wind: to make a noise; to blow hard, = galder; Nm. [gɔldər (goldər)]. See further golder, sb., and galder, vb.

goldet [gȯᶅdət, gɔᶅdət (gåᶅdət)], adj., prop. perf. part., applied to flesh or fish: decayed (esp. rapidly decayed by the effect of the sun or through want of fresh air), beginning to putrefy. U. “gȯᶅdət” is the common pronunc.; from Uⁿ. is recorded “gɔᶅdət, gåᶅdət”. — *g(a)úldinn. Icel. úldinn, adj., putrefied, decayed. The initial g is prob. the old Germ. prefix “ga”-, early dropped in Norse. For the occurrence of the prefix “ga” in other Shetl. words see gjoger¹, gloger, gold, sbs., as well as “an-

galuck” (under andelokk, sb.) and ongastø, sb. — gold [(gȯᶅd) gɔᶅd, gåᶅd], vb., to become putrefied (Uⁿ.), may be a later form from goldet. — A form golget [gȯᶅgət], noted down in Fe., = goldet, may have arisen from this word by assimilation, due to the initial g, but is more prob. to be classed with olget [ȯᶅgət], adj., partly decayed, of fish (Fe.), and olg [ȯᶅg, ɔ̇ᶅg], sb., sultry heat; q.v.

golek [golək], sb., a cleft or indentation in the landscape. L. Poss. a parallel form to gil, gilek, sb., influenced from Eng. gully, sb., or L.Sc. gowl, sb., a hollow between hills.

*golga [gɔlga, gålga (gȯlga)], sb., a gallows, a gallows hill. Now only preserved as a place-name, the name of a hill where formerly criminals were hanged; viz.: in Nm. (Nm^w.) and Du. (Sandw.). Otherwise more commonly (outside the places mentioned): Gallow Hill. In Conn. is found *wolga [wȯlga, wəlga], for an older *gwolga, partly a) as the name of a gallows hill, Wolga, a hill about which the legend says that a thief, named Kel Hulter, was hanged there, and that the hill got its name from being a place of execution, partly b) as a common noun denoting a cow’s tether; see *wolga, *wolka, sb. — O.N. galgi, m., a gallows.

golger, sb., see gjolg, gjolger, sb.

golget, adj., see under goldet, adj.

golgrav [gol··grāv·, gȯᶅ··grāv], golgref [golgrəf, gȯlgref, gȯᶅgrɛf, -grəf] and goilgref [gȯilgrɛf, -grəf], sb., 1) a gutter in the byre for the cattle’s urine. 2) liquid manure; urine and manure in the byre-gutter behind the stalled cattle. N.I. The form golgrav is peculiar to U. [gol··grāv·: Uⁿ. gȯᶅ··grāv·: U^wg.], the other forms to Y. and Fe. Orig. applied to the gutter itself. The sec-