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gaman-vísa, f. a humorous verse
-yrði, n pl. jesting talk.
gamban-reiði, f. great wrath;
-sumbl, n. great banquet;
-teinn, m. a kind of magic staff.
gambr (gen. -rs), m. a kind of bird.
gambra, (að), v. to brag, bluster.
gamlaðr, pp. stricken in years.
gammi, m. hut of a Finn.
gammr (-s, -ar), m. vulture.
gamna (að) v. to divert, amuse (g. e-m með sögum).
gan, n. frenzy, frantic gestures.
gana (-da), v. (1) to gape, show a fissure; g. á e-t, to gape for or after (g. á rán); (2) to rush (g. at e-m); (3) to gaze, stare.
gandr (-s, -ar), m. magic staff; renna göndum, to ride a witch-ride.
gand-reið, f. witch-ride.
ganga, (geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v. (1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk); (2) to go; g. heim, to go home; g. braut, to go away; g. til hvílu, to go to bed; g. á skip, to go on board; g. af skipi, to go ashore; with infin., g. sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep; g. at eiga konu, to marry a woman; (3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit); (4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf); (5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út); (6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu g. af hesti mínum); (7) to prevail; gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.; (8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga); of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi); of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk land-farsótt, drepsótt, hallæri); (9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð); impers., gekk þvi lengi, so it went on for a long while; (10) láta g. e-t, to let go on; láta höggin g., to rain blows; Birkibeinar létu g. lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously; (11) to succeed; ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do; impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there; þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness; (12) to turn out, go in a specified way; g. andæris, to go all wrong; mart gengr verr en varir, many a thing goes worse than is looked for; gekk þeim lítt atsóknin, they made little progress with the attack; impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly); (13) with acc., g. e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak); (14) with dat., to discharge (gekk hann þá blóði); (15) with preps. and adverbs; g. af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn); g. af vitinu, to go out of one's wits; g. af trú sinni, to apostatize; to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir); to go off (gekk þegar af hófuðit); to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk); nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left; g. af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé); g. aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna); to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr g.); of a ghost, to wall, again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin); g. at e-m, to attack one; g. at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum); g. á e-t, to encroach upon (g. á ríki e-s); to break (g. á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate; hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons; g. á vald e-s or e-m, g. á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one; g. á bak e-u, to contravene; g. eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim; g. eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir); g. frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu g. frá öllu fénu); g. fram, to step forward; g. fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle; to come to pass, come into

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