Dictionary:gul

Nynorn

Etymology

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

Jakobsen, Jakob

golmoget [gȯlmō·gət, gȯᶅmō·gət] and goilmoget [gȯilmō·gət], adj., 1) applied to a cow: a) dark-coloured with lighter (yellow, whitish) belly; b) spotted on the forehead (grimet), and having a light (white) stripe down the breast and belly; a g. coo [‘cow’]. 2) a) having small stripes or spots on the head, sometimes reddish, sometimes greyish-yellow or dirty-white, comm. of a cow; also applied to sheep; a g. sheep, a sheep having a dirty, light-coloured head; b) having dirty stripes or spots on the face, of people; dirty, of the face; a g. face. Sense 2 b may, however, be a mingling with gormoget, adj.; q.v. 3) occas. in a fig. sense, sulky; peevish; sullen. Conn. — Sense 1 a, "having a yellow belly”, is the original one; sense 2 has doubtless been developed from sense 1 a, with sense 1 b as the natural link, after the proper meaning of the word had been lost. The colour of the head has then gradually come to be regarded as the main point. Sense 3, sullen and peevish-looking, must doubtless spring from sense 2 b: “with a dirty-looking face”. — *gul- or *gol-mǫgóttr; O.N. gulr, adj., yellow; *mǫgóttr, adj., of a certain colour on the belly — see moget, adj. Cf. Fær. gulmøgutur, gulmutur, adj., having a yellowish (light or reddish-yellow) belly, of sheep; Icel. golmögóttur, adj., is somewhat diff.: brownish with a darker shade on the belly, of sheep (“gol-” is here apparently used of the colour of the body, and restricted by the added “mögóttur”, which denotes the special colour of the belly).

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Adjective

gul

1. yellow

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