Dictionary:gud

Nynorn

Etymology

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

*gott [gɔt, gȯⁱt] and *goit [gȯit], adj., in n. sing., good. The forms “gɔt” and “gȯit” are found in an old formula, a kind of address to the cat, noted down in Conn.: Op aboot de ljora (= jora)! gott (goit) fire monna [fərə mȯᶇa]! Up about the ear with the paw (wash round your ear)! it is good for the mouth, i.e. it bodes well for fishing. “gȯⁱt” is found in an obsolete, proverbial phrase from Wd.: gott a taka gamla manna ro, it is good to follow old men’s advice. A doublet gooit [gō·ȯit] is found in a fragment of a song from Y^h.: see Introd. (Fragments of Norn). — O.N. gott (*gótt), n., from góðr, adj., good.

guen [gūən], sb., improvement in the weather, a g. i’ de wadder; he (de wadder) is [‘has’] made a g., the weather has improved, esp. of a spell, interval of fine weather; calm weather after storm. Nm., De. *góðan (or *góðing), a substantive formed from the verb *góða, *góða sik, to become good (góðr); No. goda seg, vb., to become good, of weather (R.).

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Adjective

gud

1. good

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