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geysingr, m. impetuosity.
geystr, pp. (1) rushing hastily; (2) enraged (vóru bœndr mjök geystir á hendr honum).
-gi (or -ki after t or s), a suffix used esp. with negative, but also with positive and indefinite force.
gil (gen. pl. gilja), n. ravine, gully.
gilda-skáli, m. guild-hall.
gildi, n. (1) payment, tribute (rare) (2) recompense, return; æ sér til gildis gjöf (see gjald 4); (3) repute, esteem (þegar þér komist í g. við höfðingja); (4) feast banquet (þá gengu Æsir at g. sínu.) (5) guild, brotherhood.
gildis-brœðr, m. pl. guild-brothers;
-fundr, m. guild-meeting;
-skáli, m. guild-hall;
-tíð, f. guild-term.
gild-leiki, m. perfectness.
gild-liga, adv. properly.
gildr (gild, gilt), a. (1) valued at (g. tveim. mörkum); (2) of full value; worth, great (g. konungr, höfðingi); með gildum sóma, with great fame; Hallfreðr var þá sem gildastr, H. was then at his best.
gildra, f. trap.
gildra, (að), v. to trap, set a trap.
gilja (áð), v. to beguile (a woman)
gils-þrömr, m. edge of a gully.
gim-steinn, m. gem, jewel.
gin, n. mouth (of a beast).
gin-kefli, n. gag.
ginna, (-ta, -tr), v. (1) to dupe, fool one; g. e-n at sér, to fall out with one; (2) to decoy, entice (g. e-n til e-s, heiman af bœnum).
gin-heilagr, a. most holy.
ginning (pl. -ar), f. deception, befooling (Gylfa-ginning).
ginningar-fífl, n. one who runs a fool's errand (vera ginningar-fífl e-s).
ginn-regin, n. pl. the great gods.
ginnunga-gap, n. the great void, primeval chaos;
-himinn, m. the heaven over ginnunga-gap.
ginnungr, m. juggler, lister.
gipt, f. (1) gift (jarðligar giptir) (2) good luck (= gipta).
gipta, f. good luck.
gipta, (-pta, -ptr), v. to give away in marriage (g. e-m e-a); refl. giptast, to marry.
gipting, f. marriage (of a woman).
giptu-drjúgr, a. lucky;
-fátt, a. n. luckless (e-m verðr giptu-fátt);
-liga, adv. luckily;
-ligr, a. lucky, auspicious;
-maðr, m. lucky man;
-munr, m. difference in good luck;
-ráð, n. good, auspicious match;
-samliga, adv. auspiciously;
-samligr, a. = -ligr;
-skortr, m. want of luck, bad luck;
-tómr, a. luckless;
-vænligr, a. promissing good luck, auspicious.
girða (-ða, -ðr), v. to fence, = gerða.
Girkir, m. pl. the Greeks.
girna (-di, -t), v. impers., mik girnir, I desire; refl., girnast e-t, á e-t, til e-s, to desire something.
girnd (pl. -ir), f. desire; lust.
girndar-bruni, -eldr,-hiti, m. fire of lust, ardent lust;
-ráð, n. (foolish) love match.
girni-ligr, a. desirable, pleasant.
girska, f. the Greek language.
girskr, a. (1) Greek; (2) =gerzkr.
gista (-sta, -st), v. to pass the night (g. at e-s, at or á e-m stað); g. e-n, to spend a night with one.
gisting, f. night-lodgings, accommodation for the night (beiðast gistingar; þiggja gisting).
gistingar-ból, n., -staðr, m. night-quarters.
gizki, m. a kind of kerchief
gifr, n. witch, hag;
-liga, adv. savagely (láta -liga).
gífr, a. poet. bloodthirsty, savage.
gígia, f. fiddle;
gigjari, m. fiddler.
gína, (gin; gein, ginum; ginit), v. to gape, yawn (gínandi ú fr); g. yfir e-t, to take into one's mouth; g. við agni, to gape in order to take the bait.
gísl (pl. -ar), m. (1) hostage; (2) bailiff (g. keisarans); warder.
gísla (að), v. (1) to give as hostage; (2) to take as hostage.
gíslar, f. pl. (1) sureties, securities; (2) securily, guard (setja g. fyrir).
gísling, f. (1) hostage (taka e-n í g.); (2) pl. guard (setja gíslingar fyrir e-n).
gjafa-laust, adv. (dismissed) without gifts;
-leysi, n. lack of gifts.
gjafari, m. giver.
gjafa-skipti, n. exchange of gifts.
-víxl, n. exchange of gifts.
gjaf-erfð, f. bequest;
-falr, a. to be

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