Cregeen's Dictionary

ga; conj. though, although.

gaaig; s. f. a crack or chaft; pl. -yn.

gaaig; v. id., -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88

gaaigey or gaagey; v. cracking, chaffing; Jer. xiv. <1>4: Er-yn-oyr dy vel y thalloo gaagey, gyn fliaghey er yn ooir, va ny errooyn ass cree, choodee ad nyn ghing. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

gaaigit; 85. cracked, chaft.

s’gaaigit; a. how cracked or chafed. G

gaaigagh; a. having cracks or chaffs.

s’gaaigagh; a. how full of cracks or chafts. [G]

s’gaaigee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G
[The only word I can identify in OED or EDD that at all resembles Cregeen’s chaft, chafe (l. chaff?), or chaff, in a relevant sense, is chap: ‘To become fissured, burst into cracks or clefts’, which is also the chapt rendered ‘gaagey’ in the Bible passage cited.]

gaaillagh; s. f. a disease in the mouths of cattle.

gaaue; s. m. a smith; pl. -nyn.

gaaue-doo; s. m. a blacksmith.

gaauenys; s. m. smithery, smith craft.

Gaelic; Gailic, or Gaelg; s. f. Erse or Manks.

Gaelgagh; a. Manks or Erse, exclusively applied to the languages.

s’Gaelligagh; a. how much for Manks or Erse. G

s’Gaelligee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

gaer; s. m. short dung [OED: manure containing short straw and in an advanced state of fermentation], ordure.

gah; s. m. a sting; pl. -yn.

gahagh; a. having a sting, venomous.

e ghah; s. his sting. G

gaghey; v. stinging, stingeth, &c. [Pro. xxiii. 32.: Ec y jerrey nee eh lhottey myr ard-nieu, as gaghey goll-rish adder. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.]

gaid; s. m. a heath or heather rope; pl. -yn.

gaid; v. -agh, &c.

gaidey; v. roping with heath rope.

gaidit; 85. roped with heather ropes.

gaidee; s. f. one that is jolly, frisky, or wanton.

y ghaddee myr t’ou; s. m. f. a wanton as thou art. G

gadyree or gadyrey; a. jolly, hot, &c.; a bitch is said to be so when she wants the male.

gaih; s. m. a toy; pl. -aghyn, or casting the final h away [viz. gaiaghyn].

e ghaih; s. his toy or gewgaw; pl. -aghyn. G

gaihagh; a. toyish.

gailley; s. m. the gizzard or stomach.

e ghailley; s. his gizzard; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn]. G

gailley-pern; s. m. a fish which I do not know the English name of [anglerfish, devilfish, frogfish].

fed-gailley; s. m. the gurgle in the belly of a horse when rode hard.

gorley-gailley; s. the colic or belly ache.

gall; s. f. gall; the same written as in English, but the English is sounded gawl; pl. -yn.

gall-verg; s. f. bitter spite, or fury accompanied with revenge.

gall-vergagh; a. spiteful to an extreme, most ferocious.

gallagh; a.

s’gallagh; a. how gusty. G

s’gallee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

gallar; s. m. a disease, of the same meaning with gorley, which see.

gamley; v. speaking ironically.

gammagh; a. wry; distorted.

gamman; s. m. game, sport; Jud. xvi. 27: …as va er mullagh y thie mysh three thousaneyn dy gheiney as mraane, va jeeaghyn er Samson, tra v’ad jannoo gamman jeh. …and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport; pl. -yn.

e ghamman; s. his game. G

gammanagh; a. full of game or sport.

s’gammanagh; a. how gamesome. G

s’gammanee; a. id., comp. and sup. G

ganglanys; v. jangling [OED: To speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, murmur; to contend, dispute, wrangle, squabble], bickering, &c.

ganglanagh; a.

s’ganglanagh; a. how much for jangling. G

s’ganglanee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

gannidagh or gannider; s. m. a mocker or derider.

s’ghannidagh (sic); a. how derisory or derisive. G

s’ghannidee (sic); a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

e ghannidagh; s. his despiser, scorner; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee]; Acts xiii. 41: Cur-jee my-ner, shiuish ghannidee, gow-jee yindys, as jean-jee cherraghtyn. Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish. G

gannidys; s. m. mockery, scorn, derision. [Heb. x. 33: Ayns ayrn tra va shiu soit magh son shilley dy ghannidys daue, chammah liorish oltooanyn as seaghyn… Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions….]

e ghannidys; s. his mockery, scoffing.

gannidys; v.

e ghannidys; v. his despising, scorning, &c.; <Heb. x. 33.> G

gard; s. m. guard; 2 Chron. xii. 11: As tra hie yn ree gys thie yn Chiarn haink y gard dy ghoaill ad, as hug ad lhieu ad reesht gys shamyr y ghard. And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.

e ghard; s. his guard. G

gard; v. guard; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

cha ghard; v. did or didst not guard; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms, 94 G

gardey; v. guarding, protecting.

gardit; 85. guarded, protected.

s’gardit; a. how guarded. G

ro ghardit; 85. too well guarded. G

gardar; s. m. a very strong gust of wind; pl. -yn.

yn gharder; s. the violent gust of wind. G

garee-breck; s. f. the bird sea-pie [OED: oyster-catcher].

garey; s. m. a garden; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

e gharey; s. his garden. G

kiebbey garey; s. m. a garden spade.

garagh; a. d.

gharagh; a. d. of a garden or gardens. G

gareyder; s. m. a gardener; pl. -yn.

gareydys; s. m. gardening.

e ghareydys; s. his gardening. G

garg; a. acrid, hot and bitter.

gargey; a. pl. acrid, hot and bitter.

s’garg; a. how acrid, comp. and sup. G

gargagh; v. making acrid or tart.

gargagh; a.

s’gargagh; a. how acrimonious. G

s’gargee; a. id., comp. and sup. G

gargid or gargys; s. m. acritude, tartness.

garleid; s. f. garlic; pl. -yn.

garmad; s. garment; pl. -yn.

e gharmad; s. his garment. G

garmin; s. m. a weaver’s beam that the warp is rolled on in weaving; pl. -yn.

garrad; s. m. garret; pl. -yn.

garran; s. m. a galloway, a pony; pl. -yn.

e gharran; s. his galloway or pony; pl. -yn. Prov. “Eshyn nagh bee mie rish e gharran, shegin da’n phollan y chur lesh er e vuin.” [He who will not be good to his pony must bring the saddle cloth on his back.] G

garrey; s. m. a heat, turn, or spell of work.

garraghyn; s. pl. heats, or spells, or turns of work; the pl. of garrey. C.

e gharrey; s. his heat or spell of work; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn]. G

garroo; a. coarse, rugged, uneven, not fine.

s’garroo; a. how coarse or rough. G

s’girroo; a. coarser, coarsest, comp. and sup. of garroo. G

ro gharroo; a. too coarse or rough. G

geinnagh-gharroo; s. f. gravel, coarse sand.

garrooid or gerrooid; s. m. roughness, unevenness.

gart; s. m. the last reaper on the standing corn side of a company of reapers in a field.

gartlhan; v. weeding corn, &c.

garveigagh or garveighey; v. roaring, bellowing as a lion or bull, &c.

e gharveigagh; v. his howling, roaring, or yelling. G

gaskeydagh; a. hasty; Hab. i. 6: Son cur-my-ner, nee’m greinnaghey seose ny Caldeanee, yn ashoon elgyssagh shen as gaskeydagh, nee marchal trooid lheead y cheer, dy ghoaill daue hene cummallyn, nagh vel nyn eiraght. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs; s. m. a person who can work with despatch; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

gass; s.

gish; s. pl. stems, stalks; Josh. ii. 6: Agh va ish er choyrt lh’ee ad seose gys mullagh y thie, as er vollaghey ad lesh gish dy lieen, v’ee er chiartaghey er mullagh y thie. But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

gast; 85. chaffed [sc. chafed], deased [cf. EDD dazed, daised], the skin rubbed off by running, walking, or riding.

gastey or gastagh; a. agile, nimble, clever, expert; Jer. l. 9: …bee ny sideyn oc myr sideyn dooinney lajer gastey; cha bee side jeu lhiggit ayns fardail. …their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

s’gastey; a. how agile or nimble, comp. and sup. G

feer ghastey; a. very agile or nimble. G

gastid; s. m. agility, cleverness.

gaskeydagh; a. hasty; Hab. i. 6: Son cur-my-ner, nee’m greinnaghey seose ny Caldeanee, yn ashoon elgyssagh shen as gaskeydagh, nee marchal trooid lheead y cheer, dy ghoaill daue hene cummallyn, nagh vel nyn eiraght. For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs; s. m. a person who can work with despatch; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

gaue; s. m. hazard, risk, peril; pl. -yn.

gaueagh; a. hazardous, perilous.

s’gaueagh; a. how hazardous. G

s’gauee; a. id., comp. and sup. G

gaueid; s. m. perilousness.

gauin; s. m. a young beast of the cow kind, between the age of a calf and a heifer.

gouney; s. pl. young cattle, between calves and heifers; the pl. of gauin.

gounagh; s. f. a cow is so called, strictly speaking, on being a quarter of a year done calving; a stripper [EDD: A cow not in calf, but giving very little milk]; pl. 72 [change -agh to -eeyn].

gounee; a. d. of a stripper or strippers.

strig-ghounagh; s. f. a stripper, or a cow more than one year on the same milk.

gear; v. laugh; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -ey, 82; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gearey; v.

garaghtee; v. laughing.

gearit er; 85. laughed at or on.

geareyder; s. m. a laugher; pl. -yn.

geay; s. f. wind; pl. -ghyn.

y gheay; s. the wind; pl. -ghyn. Prov. “Cha daink lesh y gheay, nagh ragh lesh yn ushtey.” [Nothing came with the wind but what would go with the water.] G

geayee; a. d. of the wind, or of wind.

bun-ny-geayee; s. the wind’s eye, where the wind blows from.

gollan-geayee; s. a swallow; pl. gollanyn-geayee. Prov. “Cha jean un ghollan-geayee sourey, ny un chellagh keylley geurey.” [One swallow will not make a summer, nor one woodcock a winter.]

lus ny geayee; s. f. anemone.

geay asnee; [winnowing wind]

geayeeagh; a. windy, flatulent.

s’geayeeagh; a. how windy. G

s’geayee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

geayeeid; s. m. windiness, flatuosity.

geayl; s. m. coals; pl. -yn.

geayil; a. d. of or belonging to coals.

geaylin; s. f. a shoulder; pl. geayltyn.

e gheayllin; s. his shoulder. G

e gheayltyn; s. his shoulders. G

geayney; a. green.

s’geayney; a. how green, comp. and sup. G

geaynid; s. m. greenness.

geaynaghey; v. making green.

geaysh; s. f. long strong hair, as the hair of a horse’s tail or mane.

geayshteen; s. f. long strong hairs in wool.

geyshteen; See geayshteen.

geayshteenagh; a. hairy, having strong hairs.

geyshteenagh; a. hairy; Gen. xxvii. 23: As cha dug eh enney er, er-yn-oyr dy row e laueyn geyshteenagh, myr laueyn e vraar Esau. And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands.

geayshteenid; s. m. hairiness.

geddyn; v. getting, procuring.

ry gheddyn; v. to be had, to be got, or found. G

dy gheddyn; v. to get, procure, or find. G

er n’gheddyn; pt. hath, &c. got or gotten. G

feddyn; v. finding, acquiring, obtaining.

feddyn-magh; v. finding out, discovering.

feddynit; found, gotten, acquired.

feddynit-magh; 85. found out, ascertained, discovered.

feddyn-foill; v. finding fault, blaming, accusing.

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fow; v. get, procure; fow aarloo (prepare); fow dou eh (get it for me). For the relatives of this irregular verb, see 62.

yiow [ad]; p. they will get; -syn, id. em.

yioym or yoym; p. I will get or have; -s, id. em.

yiow; p. wilt get, thou wilt get [< yiow oo]; -s, id. em.

yo’in; I would get or have; -s, id. em.

<yiom>[yoin]; p. I would get or have. G

cha vow; p. 144. not get. G

vow ad; will they get[?]; -syn, id. em. G

vowym or vo’ym; p. 144. will I get. G

my vowym or vo’ym baase; before I die. G

vowyms or vo’yms; p. will I get[?]; em. G

vow; p. 144. will thou get[?] [< vow oo]; -s, id. em. G

now; p. will they, you &c. get[?]. Y

no’ym; p. will I get[?]; -s, id. em.

now; p. wilt thou get[?]. [< now oo] Y

now or nowys; A contraction of now uss, wilt thou get[?]; em.

voghe; v. would get.

cha voghe; v. would not get.

vo’in; p. (from voghin) would I get[?]; -s, id. em.

cha noghe; v. not get or would not get. Y

no’in; p. would I get[?]; -s, id. em.

nowin; See no’in; -s id. em.

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hooar; v. got, received. This is an irregular derivation of the verb geddyn. See 62. G

dooar ad; v. did they get, or got they[?]. G

geal; . See geeal [deest; is geayll intended?].

geid; v. steal, thieve, stealing, thieving; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gheid; v. did steal, stole; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

geideyder; s. m. a stealer. See maarliagh, for thief.

geidit; 85. stole, stolen.

geill; s. m. a spring of water; [Jas. iii. 11: Vel farrane cur magh ass yn un gheill ushtey millish as sharroo? Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?]

geill; v. spring; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -it, 85; -ys, 88.

gheill; v. did spring; <Jas. iii. 11.>[see citation above, s.v. geill, s. m.] -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

geillit; pt.

geill; s. m. heed, notice.

gell; See geill.

geinnagh; s. f. sand; pl. 72 [change -agh to -eeyn].

sy gheinnagh; s. in the sand. G .

geinnee; a. d. of sand.

geinnagh-gharroo; s. f. gravel, coarse sand

geirr; s. f. tallow, suet.

geirr-vill; s. f. bees’ wax, honey wax.

geirr; v. <crowed, did crow.>[sc. crow]

gheir; v. did crow; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gherr; v. did crow, crew; Mark xiv. 68: Agh dob eh, gra, Cha vel fys ny toiggal aym, cre t’ou dy ghra. As hie eh magh ayns y phorch; as gherr y kellagh. But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

geirrym; v. crowing.

gerrym; v. crowing. See also geirrym.

er gherrym; v. hath, &c. crowed or crew. G

gerjagh; s. m. comfort, consolation, happiness. That this word is derived from ard or yr in yrjid or yrjaghey, I have not the least doubt, and of that class of words spoken of in the 61st Remark; so comfort raises and alleviates the heart to whom administered. It is rather of a higher meaning than the English, as it is very seldom used temporally; for which see souirid and souir.

e gherjagh; s. his comfort. G

gerjee;

fer-gherjee (sic) or fer-ny-gherjagh (sic); s. m. a comforter, a consolator, or consoler; pl. fir-gherjee, s. pl. comforters, consolers.

mee-gherjagh; s. m. uncomfortableness, distress, disconsolation.

e vee-gherjagh; s. his discomfort. M

neu-gherjagh; s. m. discomfort.

gerjee or gerj*; v. comfort, console; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gherjee; v. did comfort, comforted. G

gerjaghey; v. comforting, consoling, &c.

dy gherjaghey; v. to comfort, to console. G

gerjit; 85. comforted, consoled.

gerjeyder; s. m. a comforter or consoler; pl. -yn.

yn gherjeyder; s. the comforter. G

gerjoil or gerjoilagh; a. comfortable, consolatory, joyful, happy.

s’gerjoilagh; a. how comfortable. G

s’gerjoilee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

feer gherjoil or gherjoilagh; a. very comfortable, joyful, happy. G

neu-gherjoil; a. disconsolate.

mee-gherjoilagh; a. uncomfortable; s. m. a disconsolate person; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

gerjoilid or gerjoil<l>ys; s. m. comfortableness, &c.

mee-gherjoilys; s. m. discontent, unhappiness.

neu-gherjoilid; s. m. disconsolateness.

geu; s. a gibstaff [EDD: a  quarter-staff; a hooked stick], a setting pole.

geuagh; a. forked, branchy.

geul; v. gyve, fetter, bind, shackle; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gheul* <or gheuley>; v. [did] gyve or fetter; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

geulit; 85. fettered, gyved.

s’geulit; a. how bound with shackles. G

geuley; s. m. a gyve, a fetter; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

e <gheul or> gheuley; s. his gyve or fetter.

geuleydagh; s. m. one who is bound; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee]; Isa. lxi. 1: T’eh er my choyrt dy lheihys ny creeaghyn brisht, dy ockley-magh reamys da ny cappee, as fosley’n phryssoon da ny geuleydee. He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.

geuleyder; s. m. one who fetters or binds.

geurey; s. m. winter. Probably from the trees then being bare as poles; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn]. See geu.

yn gheurey; s. the winter. G

e yeurey; s. his winter. G

geuree; a. d. of winter.

oie gheuree; a. d. the winter’s night. G

doo-gheurey; s. m. the dead of winter.

geuragh; a.

s’geuragh; a. how winterly. G

s’geuree; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

gew; s. f. a severe pain.

lus y ghew; s. f. purging flax.

gewagh; a. painful.

s’gewagh; a. with what acheing. G

s’gewee; a. id., comp. and sup. G

gha; adv. not. In all probability, from cha; as, my va dy gha (if it were or not). The sound of the gh is not in the English language, as shown in Remark 13.

gial; s. white, glittering, bright.

gialley; a. pl. white, bright, or glittering.

yialley; a. pl. white, bright, &c. G

s’gial; a. how bright, glittering or white. G

s’gilley; a. brighter, brightest; whiter, whitest; the comp. and sup. of gial. G

feer ghial; a. very white or bright. G

feer yial; a. very glittering, bright, or white. G

giall or giallee; v. whiten, or make white or bright, bleach or full; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghiall or ghiallee; v. did bleach, cleanse, or full. G

yial or yiallee; a. did bleach, whiten, or make bright; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

giallaghey; v. whitening, bleaching, fulling.

er ghiallagh or ghiallaghey; v. hath, &c. bleached, made bright or white. G

giallee; a. d. of whitening, or bleaching.

yiallee; a. d. of whitening, brightening, &c. G

ben ghiallee; a. d. a bleach-woman. G

giallit; 85. bleached, whitened, fulled.

s’giallit; a. how bleached, whitened, or brightened. G

ro ghiallit; 85. too bleached. G

ro yiallit; a. too bleached or whitened. G

neu-yiallit; a. unbleached.

gialleyder; s. m. & bleacher, a fuller, one that whitens.

yn ghialleyder; s. the fuller or bleacher. G

yn yialleyder; s. the bleacher or fuller. G

gillid; s. m. brightness, whiteness.

giall; v. promise, grant; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghiall; v. did promise or grant; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

yial or yiall; v. did promise or grant; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gialdin; v. promising, granting.

er ghialdyn; v. hath, &c. promised or granted. G

er n’ghialdyn; pt. hath, &c. promised.

er yialdyn; v. hath, &c. promised, granted. G

ghialtaghey; v. granting, promising, pledging. <Matrimonial Service> [see below].

er n’ghialtaghey; pt. hath, &c. granted. Matrimonial Service: Son wheesh as dy vel M. as N. er choyrt nyn aigney dy-cheïley ayns poosey casherick, as er hoilshaghey shoh fenish Yee as y cheshaght shoh, as gys shen er choyrt as er n’ghialltaghey nyn mreearrey yn derrey yeh da’n jeh elley, Forasmuch as M. and N. have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, G

giallit; 85. promised, granted.

s’giallit; a. how promised, granted. G

ro ghiallit; 85. too promised or granted. G

ro yiallit; a. too promised or granted. G

neu-yiallit; a. unpromised.

gialdin; s. m. a promise, a grant; pl. -yn.

dty ghialdinyn; s. pl. thy promises or grants. G

gialdynys; s. m. a promise, a grant; pl. -yn. e yialdynys, s. his promise, grant, &c. G

gialleyder; s. m. one that promises or grants.

yn yialleyder; s. the promiser or granter. G

gialtagh; s. m. a gallant; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

e ghialtagh; s. his gallant. G

gialteeys; s. m. gallantry.

giar; v. cut, hew; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghiar or ghiare; did cut. See yiare. G

yiare or yiarr*; v. did cut; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

giarey; v. cut; Exod. xxxiv. 13:
Agh nee shiu stroie ny altaryn oc, brishey ny jallooyn, as giarey sheese ny biljyn foue v’ad coyrt ooashley. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves.

giarrey; v. cutting, hewing, &c.

dy ghiarey; v. to cut; <pl. 67>[see giarrey, s.]. G

dy yiarey; v. to cut. G

giarrey-magh; v. excluding, cutting out.

giarey-seose; v.

dy yiarey-seose; v. to carve or cut up meat. G

giarit; 85. cut, shortened; Exod. xxxii. 16: As va ny buird obbyr Yee, as va’n scrieu, jeant liorish Jee, giarit ayns ny buird. And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

giarrit; 85. cut, hewn.

s’giarit; a. how cut. G

ro yiarrit; a. too cut. G

anghiarit; uncut, unhewn; 85.

giarreyder; s. m. a cutter; pl. -yn.

yn ghiareyder; s. the cutter; pl. -yn. G

e yiareyder; s. his cutter. G

giarrey; s. m. a cut; the flux; an edge; pl. <71>[? 67 change -ey to -aghyn].

giarrey-folley; s. m. the bloody flux [OED bloody flux: Bloody diarrhoea ... bleeding from another part of the body, spec. menstrual bleeding, esp. when excessive or prolonged].

yn yiarrey-folley; s. the bloody flux.

giarey-çhymmylt; s. ‘circumcision’

anghiarey-çhymmylt; s. m. uncircumcision.

giare; a. short, momentary, brief, not long.

giarey; a. pl. short, brief.

yiarey; a. pl. short. G

giarrey; a. pl. short; as, deiney giarrey (short men).

ghiarrey; a. pl. short.

s’giare; a. how short, or short it is. Prov. “S’giare y jough na yn skeeal.” [Shorter is the drink than the story.] G

s’girrey; a. shorter, shortest, comp. and sup. of giare. G

feer yiare; a. very short. G

ro ghiare; a. too short. See yiare. G

ro yiare; a. too short. G

giare-chooat; s. m. a jacket.

giare-choonlagh; s.

yn yiare-choonlagh; s. the stubble; Isa. [xl]vii. 14: Cur-my-ner, bee ad myr y yiare-choonlagh; nee yn aile ad y lostey. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. G

garvain or garveinn; s. groats [OED: Hulled, or hulled and crushed grain of various kinds, chiefly oats, but also wheat, barley].

giare-veinn; s.

yn ghiare-veinn; s. the groats. G

garvroie; a. parboiled. This word may be from garrey dy vroie or from giare vroie.

girraghey; v. shortening, abridging.

er ghirraghey; v. hath, &c. shortened, or abridged, abbreviated. G

girrid; s. shortness, brevity.

e ghirrid; s. his shortness. G

e yirrid; s. his shortness. <J>[G]

gerrid or gerrit; s.

yn gherrid or gherrit; s. the short time. G

er-y-gherrit; adv. lately, shortly.

aa-gherrit or aa-gherrid; s. m. a shorter way, a shorter cut; pl. -yn.

gerrid or gerrit; adv. shortly, soon.

s’gerrid or s’gerrit; a. how shortly. G

s’gerjey; a. id., comp. and sup. G

gerrey;

er-gerrey; a. nigh, at hand, at a short distance, near.

giastyllagh; a. charitable, liberal, bountiful.

s’giastylagh; a. how charitable or generous. G

s’giastylee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

ro ghiastyllagh; a. too liberal, charitable, or bountiful. G

ro yiastylagh; a. too charitable or liberal. G

giastyllid; s. m. charitableness.

e ghiastyllid; s. his charitableness. G

giastyllys; [s.] charity, bounty, liberality, generosity.

e ghiastyllys; s. his charity, bounty, &c. G

e yiastylys; s. his charity, liberality, or bounty. G

mee-ghiastyllys; s. m. uncharitableness.

giat; s. m. a gate, a field; [pl. -tyn].

dty ghiat; s. thy gate. G

e yiat; s. his gate; pl. -tyn. G

giattey; a. d. of a gate or gates.

giau or giaw; s. f. a creek. See ghaw.

e yaw; a. his creek. G

ghaw; s. f. a creek or cove; pl. -ghyn.

gibbagh; a. pointed, sharp pointed.

s’gibbagh; a. how sharp or pointed. G

s’gibbee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

ro ghibbagh; a. too sharp pointed. G

feer yibbagh; a. very pointed, sharp, &c. G

gibbee-chiu or gibbee-chiow; s. f. a chilblain, a kibe [OED: A chapped or ulcerated chilblain, esp. one on the heel]; pl. -yn.

yn ghibbee-chiu; s. the kibe; pl. -yn. G

e yibbee-hiu; a. his chilblain. G

gien or giens; s. m. a feast or gala; 2 Peter. ii. 13: She spooit ad as lheamyssyn, cloie rish y volteyraght oc hene, choud’s t’ad ec gien mêriu. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you. Prov. “Gien nonney gortey.” [Either a feast or a famine.]

gien; s. m. cheer, festivity; temper of mind.

gen; s. cheer. See gien.

yn ghien mie; s. the good cheer. G

e yien; a. his cheer; drogh yien (sad); Gen. xl. 6: As haink Joseph stiagh huc ’sy voghrey, as yeeagh eh orroo, as cur-my-ner, va drogh yien orroo. And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. G

gen-eddin; s. m. countenance.

gennal; a. cheerful, affable, jovial, having sweet engaging looks.

s’gennal; a. how cheerful, free, affable, glad, merry, comp. and sup. G

ben ghennal; a. a cheerful woman. G

feer yennal; a. very glad, cheerful, free. G

anghennal; a. cheerless, sad.

gennallys; s. cheerfulness, exhilaration, hilarity, mirth, affability, jocularity.

dy yennallys; s. of joyfulness, gladness. G

e ghennallys; s. his cheerfulness, his kindness. G

e yennallys; s. his cheerfulness, &c. G

anghennallys; s. m. infestivity.

ard-ghennallys; s. m. great gladness.

gient; v. conceive, or become pregnant; form in the mind.

ghient; v. did conceive; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94.

yient; v. did conceive or conceived; -agh; &c. -ys. G

gientyn; v. conceiving; Gen. xxx. 38: As hoie eh ny slattyn v’eh er speeiney, kiongoyrt rish ny shioltaneyn ayns ny jeeigyn, liorish ny troghyn ushtey, tra haink ny shioltaneyn dy iu; dy voddagh ad gientyn, tra harragh ad gys yn ushtey. And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. See also giennaghtyn.

dy ghientyn; v. to conceive. G

dy yientyn; v. to conceive. G

er ny yientyn; adv. having been conceived, conceived.

giennaghtyn; v. conceiving, generating; Luke, i. 31: As cur-my-ner, nee oo giennaghtyn, as mac y ymmyrkey, as enmyssee oo yn ennym echey Yeesey. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

er ghiennaghtyn; v. hath, &c. conceived. G

er yiennaghtyn; v. hath, &c. conceived, &c. G

gientit; 85. conceived, formed in the womb or mind.

s’gientit; a. how conceived. G

ro yientit; a. too conceived, &c. G

neu-yientit; a. unconceived.

giennaghtyn reesht spyrrydoil; s. spiritual birth, regeneration.

aa-ghiennaghtyn; s. m. regeneration.

gigleragh; v. giggling, tittering.

dy yigleragh; v. to giggle. G

giglerys; s. m. giggling.

gimlad; s. a wimble [OED: A gimlet. An auger; also, a brace] or gimlet.

e ghimlad; s. his wimble. G

gimmagh; s. m. a lobster; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

e ghimmagh; s. his lobster; pl. 71. G

e yimmagh; s. his lobster. G

gimman; s.

ghimman; s. m. an admirer, a suiter or lover; pl. -yn; Ezk. xvi. 33: T’ad cur faill da streebeeyn elley, agh t’ou uss stowal dty yiootyn da ooilley dty ghimmanyn, as failley ad dy heet hood veih dy chooilley ard, son dty vaarderys. They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

gliminagh; s. m. a sweetheart, a lover.

gioal; s. m. pledge, pawn, mortgage, security.

e ghioal; s. his pledge, pawn, or mortgage; pl. -yn. G

e yioal; s. his pawn, pledge, or mortgage. G

gioaldee; a. d. of pledge, pawn, or mortgage; Amos ii. 8: As t’ad hene lhie sheese er eaddagh gioaldee, liorish dagh altar. And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar.

pooar-gioal; s. m. an execution.

gioalteeaght or gioalteeys; s. m. the premises or article pawned, or given in pledge.

yn ghioalteeys or ghioaltiaght; s. the premises mortgaged, pawned, or pledged. G

bargane gioalteeagh; s. m. a deed of mortgage.

gioalteeaghtyn; gioalteenyn, gioalteeyn, s. pl. mortgages, &c.

e ghioalteeyn or ghioaltiaghtyn; s. his pawns or mortgages. G

e yioalteeaghtyn; s. his mortgages, &c. G

e yioalteeyn; s. his pawns, &c. G

gioalteeagh; v.

dy yioalteeagh; v. to mortgage, pawn, &c. G

gioaltit; 86. pawned, pledged, mortgaged.

s’gioaltit; a. how mortgaged or pledged. G

gioaleyder; s. m. the pawner, pledger, or mortgager.

yn ghioaleyder; s. the mortgager, pawner, or pledger. G

e yioaleyder; s. his mortgager. G

gioalteyr; s. m. the mortgagee, one who takes a pledge, &c. [mortgage lender, pawnbroker]

yn ghioalteyr; s. m. the mortgagee. G

e yioalteyr; s. his taker of pawn, pledge, or mortgage<e>. G

gioalteyrys; s.

e yioalteyrys; s. his practice of mortgage<e> or mortgaging. G

gioot; s. m. a gift; pl. -yn.

gioot; v. -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghioot; v. did gift, gifted; -agh; -in -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

yioot; v. did gift or gifted; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

giootal or giootey; v. gifting, bestowing.

dy yiootal; v. to gift or bestow. G

er ghiootal; v. hath, &c. gifted, given; Acts xxvii. 24: …cur-my-ner ta Jee er ghiootal ort ooilley adsyn ta shiaulley mayrt. …lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. G

giootit; 85. gifted, bestowed.

s’giootit; a. how gifted. G

ro ghiootit; 85. too much gifted. G

ro yiootit; a. too gifted. G

giooteyder; s. m. a gifter, one who gives gifts.

yn ghiooteyder; s. the gifter, giver, or bestower. G

yn yiooteyder; s. the gifter or bestower. G

giuag; s. f. a gullet [OED gullet 3: A water channel; a narrow, deep passage through which a stream flows; a strait, estuary, river mouth, etc.]; pl. -yn.

giuagagh; a.

s’giuagagh; a. how much in gullets or creeks. G

s’giuagee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

giucklagh; s. m. broom; pl. -yn.

giucklee; a. d. of broom.

giyn;

er-giyn; a. next after; laa er giyn (the day after); on again; Luke vii. 11: As haink eh gy-kione yn laa er-giyn dy jagh eh gys ard-valley va enmyssit Nain, as hie ymmodee jeh e ynseydee marish, as mooarrane sleih. And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.

glaare-eddin; s. f. forehead; pl. -yn.

e ghlaare-eddin; s. his forehead. G

glabbag; s. f. a poultice; pl. -yn.

glack; s. f. the hollow of the hand; the loof [OED: The palm of the hand]; as much hemp in stalks as can be held in the hand at once; pl. see glick [deest].

glack; v. hold fast in the hand; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

glackey; v. holding fast in the hand.

glackit; 85. held in the hand.

s’glackit; a. how pressed in the hand. G

glackeyder; s. m. a holder in the hand.

glare; s. f. tongue, speech, language; pl. glaraghyn or -yn.

e ghlare; s. his language, tongue &c. G

glaare vrasnee; a. d. provoking, or affronting language, &c.

glashtin; s. m. a goblin, a sprite; pl. 72 [change -in to -eeyn].

glass; a. pale, gray, pale blue; in a growing state; applied to vegetation, green, verdant; opposed to creen; billey glass (a growing or green tree); Jer. xi. 16: Ren y Chiarn uss y enmys, Billey-olive glass, aalin, as lesh mess menoyr; lesh feiyr anveagh t’eh er voaddey aile er, as ta ny banglaneyn eck er ny vrishey. The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. Prov. “Freayl y craue glass.” [Keeping the bone green.]

glassey; a. pl. pale, gray, green; as,

eddinyn glassey; s. pl. (pale faces).

claghyn glassey; s. pl. (gray stones).

magheryn glassey; s. pl. (green fields).

s’glass; a. how verdant, how pale or gray. G

s’glassey; a. more verdant, most verdant, paler, palest, &c. G

clagh-ghlass; a. a gray or blue stone. G

bock-glass; s. m. the greyhound fish.

gorrym-glass; s. azure blue, light blue.

glassaghey; v. getting pale or wan, getting green or gray, &c.

dy ghlassagh or ghlassaghey; v. to brighten or get gray. G

glassan; s. f. a sallad.

glasseraght; s. m. herbage, vegetation, verdure, grassiness; pl. 72 [change -aght to -eeyn].

glass; s. m. a lock; pl. glish.

gleish; a. d. of a lock or locks.

glass-aileagh; s. m. a firelock.

guilley-glass or -glesh; s. m. a lockman [OED: Manx English. A deputy or assistant to the coroner[40]], more literally a lockboy. Were this the name of a turnkey, it would seem more applicable for the meaning of glass or glesh in this word. See the proverb on ghlass.

glass; v. lock or make sure; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghlass; v. did lock, or make sure; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. Prov. “Tra ta’n gheay sy villey yiow shiu magh yn ghlass ghuilley.” [When the wind is in the tree you will get the lockman.] G

dy ghlassey; v. to embrace, to lock. G

glast; 85. locked, made sure under lock.

s’glast; a. how locked. G

ro ghlast; 85. too locked. G

glasseyder; s. m. a locker.

gleash; v. stir, move; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

cha ghleash; v. [did] not stir; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gleashaghey; v. stirring, moving.

er ghleashaghey; v. hath, &c. stirred. G

gleashit; 85. stirred, moved.

s’gleashit; a. how stirred. G

ro ghleashit; 85. too stirred. G

gleasheyder; s. m. a stirrer, a mover; pl. -yn.

gleck; v. wrestle, wrestling; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys.

ghleck; v. did wrestle; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gleckit son; 85. wrestled for.

gleckeyder; s. m. a wrestler; pl. -yn.

yn ghleckeyder; s. the wrestler; pl. -yn. G

gleih; s. m. a position in which to place corn to dry when cut; a handful of corn; Jer. ix. 22: Dy jarroo myr eoylley tuittee kirp deiney er y vagher foshlit, as myr gleih-arroo lurg y beaynnee, as cha jean unnane erbee ad y haglym. Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them; pl. -yn.

gleiy; s. f. a fibre of slime or of any glutinous matter.

yn ghleiy; s. the fibre of slime, &c. G

gleiynagh; a. fibrous, slimy.

gleiy-fannag; s. f. duck’s meat [EDD: (a) the lesser duckweed, Lemna minor; (b) hardened mucous in the corners of the eyes after sleeping].

glen; a. clean, clear, pure, perfect.

glenney; a. pl. clean, clear, pure, perfect.

s’glen; a. how clear, or pure. G

s’glenney; a. id., comp. and sup. G

glenn; v. cleanse, clear, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghlen or ghlenn*; did cleanse or clean; -agh, -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

glenney; v. cleansing, cleaning, clearing.

er ghlenney; v. hath, &c., cleansed, &c. G

glennee; a. d. of cleansing or making clean.

ghlennee; a. d. of cleansing. G

glennit; 85. cleansed, purified.

glent; 85. cleaned, cleared; a contraction of glennit.

ghlennt; pt. cleansed, cleaned. G

ro ghlennit; 85. too cleansed or cleaned. G

glenneyder; s. m. a cleanser, &c.

yn ghlenneyder; s. the cleanser or cleaner. G

glennid; s. m. 89. cleanliness, purity, &c.

gless; s. f. glass; pl. -yn.

glessar; s. m. a glazier; pl. -yn.

gless-huarystal; s. m. a looking-glass, a mirror.

glib; a. pert [OED: Open; outspoken; lively], fluent.

s’glib; a. how fluent, comp. and sup. G

glick; a. pat, coming in quick succession.

gliee;

er-ghlee; [adv]. a breaming [OED variant of brim: Of swine: To be ‘in heat’, rut, copulate]. A sow pig is said to be so when she wants the boar.

gliee-mian; s. f. concupiscence, lust.

gliminagh; s. m. a sweetheart, a lover.

glion; s. f. a glen, a valley, a hollow between mountains; pl. -teeyn.

glionney; a. d. of the glen or valley.

glionnagh; a. having glens or vallies.

glionnan; s. f. a small valley.

yn ghlionan; s. the small valley, the dim. of glion. G

glioon; s. f. a knee, a crooked timber, as a knee when bent.

yn ghlioon; s. the knee; pl. -yn. G

glioon; v. kneel; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghlioon; v. did kneel; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gliooney; v. kneeling.

dy ghliooney; v. to kneel. G

glioonit or glioont; 85. kneeled; a. having knees, kneed.

gliooneyder; s. m. a kneeler.

yn ghliooneyder; s. the kneeler. G

glioonagh; s. f. a disease in the knees; pl. -yn

yn ghlioonagh; s. the &c. See glioonagh. G

gliooneen; s. f. a garter; pl. -yn.

glioonagh; s. f. a herb, arsmart, lakeweed, water pepper.

yn ghlioonagh; s. the &c. See glioonagh. G

clioagagh gliwnagh; s. f. gladwin [OED gladwyn s.v. gladdon, see clioagagh] or stinking gladwin [OED stinking gladdon ‘Iris foetidissima] .

glistyr; s. m. clyster [OED: A medicine injected into the rectum, to empty or cleanse the bowels, to afford nutrition, etc.; an injection, enema; sometimes, a suppository]; pl. -yn.

gloas; v. polish, gloss; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gloasaghey or gloasey; v. polishing, glossing.

gloasit; 85. polished, glossed.

s’gloasit; a. how glossed or polished. G

gloaseyder; s. m. a polisher; pl. -yn.

glog; s. the rolling of the sea after a storm. C (sic)

gloo; s. m. warp, the order of thread lengthways in a web; pl. -yn.

e ghloo; s. his warp; pl. -ghyn. G

glooag; s. f. a lump of something to wind yarn on, to make a ball or bottom; pl. -yn.

glooie; a. close texture in weaving, closely or thickly wove.

glout; s. m. a shapeless lump of any thing. Prov. Surree eh yn flout, my yiow eh yn glout. [He’ll suffer the taunt if he gets the lump.]

gloyee; s. f. straw taken from the flails after being threshed, without being ruffled, to make straw ropes of.

gloyr; s. m. glory; pl. -aghyn or -yn.

e ghloyr; s. his glory; pl. -aghyn. G

gloyrey; a. d. of glory.

gloyr; v. glorify; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88

ghloyr; v. did glorify; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gloyraghey; v. glorifying.

dy ghloyraghey; v. to glorify. G

gloyrit; 85. glorified, gloried.

gloyreyder; s. m. a glorifier.

yn ghloyreyder; s. the glorifier; pl. -yn. G

gloyroil; a. glorious.

s’gloyroil (sic: stress); a. how glorious. G

s’gloyroiley (sic: stress); a. id., comp. and sup. G

feer ghloyroil; a. very glorious. G

gloyroilid; s. m. gloriousness.

e ghloyroilid; s. his gloriousness. G

glug; s. a gurgle; pt. -yn.

glugeraght or glugernee; v. gurgling, the noise made on emptying a cask, bottle, &c. when there is no passage for the air but that from which the liquid comes.

glutteraght; v. gluttoning.

glutterey; s. m. a glutton; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

yn ghlutterey; s. the glutton. G

goal; s. the fork of any thing between where the branches, prong, or legs branch out or diverge; pl. -yn.

e ghoayl; s. big fork, or divergement of the thighs. G

gall-chreeagh; s. f. or it may be goal-chreeagh, the ending furrow.

goal-thoo; s. thatch held or made sure on a house, &c., by forks made of briars or wattles, which are cut in short junks, bent, twisted and pointed, and pushed through the thatch into the straw to bind the thatch on; whence. I suppose. this kind of thatching takes its name.

goal-thoo; v. thatching in the above manner; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gallthoo; See goal-thoo.

goal-thooit; 85. thatched in the above manner.

gollage; s. f. a fork of any kind but a flesh-fork; pl. -yn.

yn ghollage; s. the pitch-fork, or any fork of timber, &c.; pl. -yn. G

gollage; s. f. an earwig; pl. -yn.

yn ghollage; s. the ear-wig; pl. -yn. G

;

gollageagh; a. forked, branched.

goaldagh; s. m. a guest; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

goan; or (as Dr. Kelly has it in his grammar) goaun, a. scarce, rare, hard to be had; it is the latter spelling which is in the prayer book; Psl. xii. 1: Cooin lhiam, Hiarn, son cha vel un dooinney crauee faagit: son cha vel y vooinjer ynrick agh goaun mastey cloan gheiney. Help me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left: for the faithful are minished from among the children of men.

gonney; a. pl. scarce; Gen. xli. 50: As da Joseph va er ny ruggey daa vac roish my daink ny bleeantyn gonney; ren Asenath, inneen Potipherah prince jeh On, gymmyrkey da. And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

s’goan; a. how scarce. See s’coan. G

s’coan; a. how scarce or scant, scarcely. This word ought to be written s’goan. C

s’ghenney (sic); a. scarcer, scarcest; the comp. and sup. of goan.

ro ghoan; a. too scarce. G

ghonney; a. scarce. See also ghoan; Jer. xvii. 8: Son bee eh myr billey soit rish oirr yn ushtey, as ta skeayley magh e fraueyn rish yn awin, as cha nennee eh tra ta’n chiass loshtee cheet, agh bee e ghuillag glass; as ’sy vleïn ghonney cha bee eh anveagh, chamoo nee eh scuirr veih gymmyrkey mess. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. This ought to be a pl. [Or is it rather a misprint for ghenney?; see below] G

genney; s. m. scarcity, famine; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

yn ghenney; s. the scarcity. G

gennish; a. barren.

s’gennish; a. how barren, comp. and sup. G

ro ghennish; a. too barren. G

bossan-gennish; s. [m]. barren wort.

gennishid; s.

e ghennishid; s. his barrenness. G

goanlys; s. f. spite, malice, hatred, malignity.

goanlyssagh; a. spiteful, malicious; s. m. a spiteful or malicious person; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee].

s’goanlyssagh; a. how malicious. G

s’goanlyssee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

goanstyrnee or gounstyrnee; v. barking, yelping.

goayr; s. f. a goat; pl. 76 [goair].

goayrey; a. d. of a goat or goats.

goayragh; a. goatish.

gob; s. m. beak, neb, bill; the mouth in contempt.

e ghob; s. his mouth in contempt. G

gib; s. pl. beaks; a. d. of mouths in contempt.

e ghib; a. d. of his mouth; as, dy huittym gour e ghib (to fall mouth ways, or with the mouth foremost). See gob. G

gour y ghib; face-ways, or mouth-ways

gob doo; s. m. a muscle [sc. mussel].

gobbaghyn; s. pl. muzzles on the mouth.

gobbag; s. f. a sea dog, a dog fish; pl. -yn.

gobbag-oayll; a species of dogfish, that stays on frequented places. I believe this to be the word, and not gobbag-ghoal, as the fish is not blind.

gobbey; v. budding, springing out of the ground, coming out of the shoot.

goblaghyn; s. pl. compasses, dividers.

goblan-marrey; s. f. a red-shank.

goggan; s. f. a noggin [OED: A small drinking vessel; a mug, cup, or ladle] or piggin [OED: A (small) pail or similar vessel, esp. a wooden one with one stave longer than the rest serving as a handle; a vessel of this sort used as a milking pail. Also: a (wooden) drinking vessel; a scoop or ladle consisting of a can with a handle on the side; a lading-can]; pl. -yn.

goll; v. going.

goll er mullagh ching; v. going at short notice, in a hurry or bustle.

e gholl; v. his going. G

er-gholl; v. hath, &c. gone; when after va, had, &c. gone.

er-n’gholl; v. hath, &c. gone, gone.

er n’gholl; pt. hath, &c. gone. G

golleyder; s. m. a goer; pl. -yn.

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hed; v. will, wilt, or shall, shalt go; hed is used for go, hig for come. See 62.

hem; p. p. I will go; -s, id. em. G

hem-mayd; p. p. we will or shall go. G

hed oo; v. (pronounced he’oo) thou wilt go.

heu; p p. (a contraction of hig oo (sic: sc. hed oo)), thou wilt go. G

jem or jedym; v. shall or will I go[?]; -s, id. em.

jim; p. will I go? -s, id. em. The answer in the affirmative would be immee (sic: sc. hem); in the negative cha jem.

jem-mayd; p. shall we go[?]; 2 Chron. xviii. 5: …as dooyrt eh roo, Jem mayd dy chaggey noi Ramoth-gilead, ny lhig-ym shaghey? As dooyrt ad, Immee seose, son nee yn Chiarn y livrey eh gys laue yn ree. …and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

jed oo; or je’oo, v. wilt thou go[?]. The answer in the affirmative would be hed; in the negative, cha jed.

jeu; p. (a contraction of jig oo (sic: sc. jed oo)), wilt thou go or come[?].

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hie; v. went, did go.

hiee; p. she went or did go.

hieish; p. she went, em.

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jagh; v. went, did go; Prov. “Cha jagh moylley ghooinney hene rieau foddey voish e ghorrys.” [A man’s praise for himself never went far from his door.]

ragh; v. would go; cha ragh (would not go).

roïn; p. I would go; -s, id. em.

raghin; p. I would go.

raghins; p. id. em. See ro’in.

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goll-rish; adv. p. like him; -yn, id. em.

goll-ree; adv. p. like her; -ish, id. em.

goll-roo; adv. p. like them; -syn, id. em.

goll-rhym; adv. p. like me; -s, id. em.

goll-rooin; adv. p. like us; -yn, id. em.

goll-rhyt; adv. p. like thee; -s, id. em.

goll-ry-cheilley; adv. like one another, alike.

gollage; s. f. an earwig; pl. -yn.

yn ghollage; s. the ear-wig; pl. -yn. G

gollan-geayee; s. a swallow; pl. gollanyn-geayee. Prov. “Cha jean un ghollan-geayee sourey, ny un chellagh keylley geurey.” [One swallow will not make summer, nor one woodcock winter.]

goo; s. m. word; fame, reputation.

e ghoo; s. his word, his fame. G

goan; s. pl. words. There are scarcely any two words in the Manks that mean exactly the same thing. Focklyn is nearly syn. with this, but focklyn only means a few words; goan means a series of words, a continuation of words, speech; the pl. of goo.

goo-Yee; s. m. the word of God, the Scripture.

anghoo; s. m. ill fame, infamy, disgrace.

anghooagh; a. infamous, disgraceful.

ard-ghoo; s. m. fame; Num. xvi. 2: As hass ad seose noi Moses, marish shiartanse dy chloan Israel, daa cheead as jeih as da-eed prince jeh’n cheshaght, jeh ard ghoo mastey’n pobble, deiney ooasle. And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown.

drogh-ghoo; s. m. ill fame, reproach, scandal, disgrace, discredit.

gooddin; s. m. a tubercle, pimple, or small bile [i.e. boil].

goon; s. m. a minister’s gown or surplice; pl. -yn.

goorllagh; s. m. the grume [OED: A clot of blood; blood in a clotted or viscous condition] of the eye.

goot; s.

yn ghoot; s. the gout; pl. -yn. G

gootagh; a.

ro ghootagh; a. too gouty. G

gorley or goarley; s. m. a disease.

goarley; See gorley.

yn ghorley; s. the galling. G

gorley-cadlee; s. lethargy.

gorley-carragh; s. the scurvy.

gorley-crauagh or -crouagh; s. a disease in the feet or hoofs of cattle.

gorley-gailley; s. the colic or belly ache.

gorley-ghollagh; s. a disease causing blindness, or dimness of sight.

gorley-plooghee; s. the quinsy.

gorley-scoaldee; s. the lues venerea [viz. syphilis].

gorley-shymlee; s. a consumption.

coshee-ghorley; s. pl. travellers that have some ailment in their feet, lame travellers.

Gorree; s.

bhow-Ghorree; s. m. the Galaxy or Milky Way.

gorrym; s. m. blue. See also gorm [deest].

gormey; a. pl.

fir ghormey; a. pl. blue ones. G

s’gorrym; a. how blue. G

s’gorrymey; a. id., comp. and sup. G

gorrym-glass; s. azure blue, light blue.

gorrym-jiarg; s. purple.

doo-gorrym; a. purple.

doo-gorrymid; s. m. purpleness.

freoaghane-ghorrym; s. f. a bilberry.

gorm; v.

ghorm; v. did make blue; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gormaghey; v.

dy ghormaghey; v. to colour blue, or make blue. G

gorrymit; 85. blued, made blue.

ro ghormit; 85. too much blued, G

gormeyder; s.

yn ghormeyder; s. the dyer of blue. G

gormid; s.

e ghormid; s. his blueness. G

girmid; s. m. blueness. See also gormid.

gort or gortee; v. hurt; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -it, 85; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghort or ghortee; v. did hurt; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gortagh or gortaghey; v. hurting.

gortit; pt.

s’gortit; a. how hurt. G

neu-ghortit; a. unhurt.

gortagh; s.

yn ghortagh; s. the hurt; pl. -yn. G

gorteyder; s. m. one who hurts.

gort; a. stale, flat; sour, bitter.

s’gort; a. how stale. G

s’gortey; a. id., comp. and sup. G

gortagh; a. parsimonious, stingy, scant.

ro ghortagh; a. too sparingly. G

gortey; s. m. famine, dearth, scarcity.

yn ghortey; s. the famine; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn]. G

gosh; s. m. what is said to call geese.

goshtiu or goshtoo; s. m. f. a sponsor at the baptismal font, a gossip; pl. -yn.

goull; s. a beam or ray; John’s day collect: Hiarn vyghinagh, ta shin guee ort dy hilgey dty ghollyn sollys dy hoilshey er dty Agglish... . Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church....

e ghoull; s. his beam or ray. G

goll-twoaie; s. m. a rainbow; pl. -yn.

gow; v. take, receive, go, take thy way; Prov. “Gow coyrle bleb son keayrt.” [Take a fool’s advice for once.]

gow hood hene eh; adv. pl. take it or him to thyself.

gow-lesh; adv. say on; 1 Sam. xv. 16: Eisht dooyrt Samuel rish Saul, Fuirree, as insh-ym dhyt, cre ta’n Chiarn er ghra rhym’s noght. As dooyrt eh rish, Gow lesh. Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

gowee; v. will or shall take; Gen. xx. 11: As dooyrt Abraham, Er-y-fa dy smooinee mee, son shickyrys, cha vel aggle Yee, syn ynnyd shoh, as gowee ad ersooyl my vioys er choontey my ven. And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. Prov. “Gowee bleb rish e voylley as cha; gow dooinney creeney rish e phlaiynt.” [A fool will acknowledge his praise, and a wise man will not acknowledge his complaint.]

goym; v. I will, &c. take; -s, id. em.

gowym; v. See goym.

gowyms; See goyms.

goys; v. shall or will take or receive, take, takes, taketh, receive, &c.

gowys; See goys.

ghow; v. did take. See gow. G

my ghowym; p. if I take. See goym. G

my ghowyms; p. id. em. See goyms. G

my ghowys; v. see goys. G

goghe; v. (from gow-agh), would take.

gowagh; v. See goghe.

ghoghe; v. (from ghowagh), would take. G

goin; v. (from gow-in), I would take; -s, id. em.

gowin; See goin; gowins. See goins.

ghoin; p. (from ghowin), I would take. G

ghoins; p. idem. em. G

goaill; v. (gow al), taking. This verb is much used in composition in the Manks, as in the following words.

gowal; v. See goaill.

dy ghoaill; v. to take, to partake. G

goaill ayns laue or goail as laue; v. presuming to say, undertaking or engaging to do, taking in hand, to suppose or say.

goaill-er; v. to arrogate or assume.

goaill-foalley; s. m. incarnation.

goaill-lhuingys; v. embarking; s. embarkation.

goaill-niart; v. prevailing; a. prevalent.

goaill-raad; v. prevailing; 1 Chron. xxi. 4: Ny-yeih, ghow goan y ree raad noi Joab. Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab.

goaill-rish; v. acknowledging, admitting; dy ghoaill-rish (to acknowledge or admit).

goaill-stiagh; v. including, taking in.

goaill-toshiaght; v. beginning, commencing.

goaill-yindys; v. wondering. See also gindys.

goit; 85. (from gow-it), taken.

gowit; See goit.

goaillagh or goailtagh; a. contagious.

goailltys; s. contagion; pl. -syn.

graih; s. f. love; pl. -yn.

e ghraih; s. his love. G

graih-my-chree; s. my heart’s love.

graihagh; a. loving, lovesome.

dy graihagh; adv. lovingly.

s’graihagh; a. how loving, with what love. G

s’graihee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58; Mat. x. 37: Eshyn ta ny s’graihee er ayr ny moir na orrym’s, cha vel eh feeu jee’m: as eshyn ta ny s’graihee er mac ny inneen na orrym’s cha vel eh feeu jee’m. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. G

feer ghraihagh; a. very loving or lovingly. G

kenjallys-graihagh; s. m. loving kindness.

graihder; s. m. a lover.

e ghraihder; s. his lover; pl. -yn. G

graihderyn; s. pl. lovers.

graihaltagh; s.

e ghraihaltagh; s. his lover; pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee]. G

graihaltee; s. pl. lovers.

graihoil; a. lovely.

dy graihoil or graihoilagh; adv. lovingly

s’graihoil; a. how lovely. G

s’graihoiley; a. id., comp. and sup. G

feer ghraihoil; a. very lovely. G

graihoilid or graihoilys; s. m. loveliness.

e ghraihoilid or ghraihoilys; s. his loveliness. G

grain; s. m. oat-grist [OED grist: Corn which is to be ground. Corn that has been ground.]

grainn or grainnee; v. grave, carve; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghrain or ghrainn*; v. did grave or carve; -agh; -ee; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94.

ghrainnee; v. did, &c. grave. See ghrain. G

grainnaghey; v. graving, carving.

dy ghrainnaghey; v. to grave or carve. G

er ghrainney; v. hath, &c. graven, &c. G

grainnit; 85. graved, carved.

s’granit; a. how graven. G

ro ghrainnit; 85. too graven or carved. G

grainneyder; s. m. a carver, a graver.

yn ghrainneyder; s. the graver, &c. G

graney; a. ugly, deformed, not pretty.

s’graney; a. how ugly or deformed, comp. and sup. G

feer ghraney; a. very ugly or deformed. G

granaghey; v. getting ugly or deformed.

granid; s. m. ugliness, deformity.

e ghranid; s. his ugliness or deformity. G

grangan; s. m. a cross peevish person; pl. -yn.

granganagh; a. crabbed, peevish.

granganid or granganys; s. m. crabbedness.

grannee; s. f. a grandam.

grape; s. f. an instrument to lift dung.

grash; s. f. a bout of sickness; a job or turn of work.

graue; s. f. grief.

graue-aash; s. f. uneasiness, restlessness.

graue-aashagh; a. uneasy, restless.

grayse; s. f. grace, pl. -yn.

e ghrayse; s. his grace; pl. 69 [change -e to -yn]. G

grayse-lhiettalagh; s. f. preventing grace.

gyn-grayse; adv. graceless.

graysoil; a. gracious, graceful.

s’graysoil; a. how gracious. G

s’graysoiley; a. id., comp. and sup. G

feer ghraysoil; a. very gracious. G

graysoilid; s. m. gracefulness, graciousness.

e ghraysoilid; s. his graciousness. G

greain; s. f. grudge, aversion; a smart felt through the nervous system of the body, on hearing or seeing any thing sudden or awful.

greain voght ort; s. (an imprecation), that thy nerves may be poor.

greas; s. industry in making clothing.

dty ghrease; s. thy industry, &c. G

greasagh; a. industrious [in] housewifery.

ben ghreassag; [as.] an industrious woman for spinning and making clothing. G

greasee; s. m. a shoemaker; pl. -yn.

greaseeys; s. m. shoemaking, the craft of a shoemaker.

gred or gredd*; v. parch, grill, or roast; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

greddee; a. a hot fulsome smell or stink, when applied to smell; as, soar greddee.

greddan; s. f. parched corn; meinn ghreddan (meal of parched corn).

greddanit; 85. parched, grilled, roasted.

gred-hiass; s. m. a glowing, grilling, scorching heat. Perhaps the gred in this word is the Manks of the word grid in English; as, gridiron (yiarn greddee).

greeish; s. f. a stair; pl. -yn.

grees* or greesee; v. stir up to action, kindle to wrath, stimulate; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghrees* or ghreesee; v. did stir up to action, or kindle to wrath; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

greesey; v. stirring up, agitating.

greesaghey; v. kindling, stirring, stimulating, provoking to action.

dy ghreesaghey; v. to kindle or stir to action or wrath; Exod. xxxii. 19: …as ghreesee corree Voses, as hilg eh ny buird ass e laueyn, as vrish eh ad ec bun y clieau. …and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount; and Lam. iv. 11: Ta’n Chiarn er chooilleeney e eulys, t’eh er gheayrtey magh dewilys e yymmoose, as er ghreesey aile ayns Zion, as t’eh er stroie ny undinyn eck. The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. G

greesit; 85. stirred, agitated, provoked.

s’greesit; a. how stimulated. G

ro ghreesit; 85. too stirred or agitated. G

greeseyder; s. m. a stirrer, a poker; pl. -yn.

greesagh; s. f. live ashes, red hot ashes or coals.

yn ghreesagh; s. the embers, the live coals or ashes. G

greie; s. m. a tool, gear, instrument, utensil, or implement; pl. -yn.

e ghreiy; s. his tool or instrument. G

e ghreighyn; s. his tools. G

greigh or greie; v. gear, harness, furnish with tools, gear, or implements; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

greighey; v. gearing, harnessing.

greit; 85. geared, harnessed; furnished with tools.

s’greit; a. how geared or harnessed; how well stocked with tools. G

greigheyder; s. m. a gearer; a furnisher of tools or implements; pl. -yn.

greim or greme; s. m. a bite, hold, stitch, gobbet, or bit; pl. -nyn. Prov. “Ta greme ayns traa cooie, sauail nuy.” [A stitch in time saves nine.]

e ghreim or ghreme; s. his hold, grasp, stitch, or bite; pl. -yn. G

greim-collane; s. f. a gripe [OED: An intermittent spasmodic pain in the bowels. Usually pl., colic pains].

greim or greimm*; v. bite, hold; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88

ghreim; v. did hold, grasp, stitch, &c.; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

greimmey; pt. biting, stitching, grasping, holding; Exod. xv. 14: Clynnee yn pobble, as bee aggle orroo; nee seaghyn greimmey cummaltee Phalestina. The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

er ghreimey; v. hath, &c. bit, grasped, caught hold of, stitched. G

greimmit; 85. bit, stitched, grasped.

s’greimmit; a. [how] grasped or bit. G

ro ghreimit; 85. too much stitched, grasped, &c. G

greimmeyder; s. m. a biter, stitcher, holder.

grein; greinn*, or greinnee, v. encourage, incite, or prompt to action; Isa. xiii. 17: Cur-my-ner, greinnee-yms seose ny Medeyn nyn’oï, nagh bee scansh oc jeh argid; as er son airh, cha vel ad goaill taitnys ayn. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghreinn* or ghreinnee; v. did urge or stimulate, did encourage or raise the mind to action; <Ezra, i. 5>[See below, er ghreinnaghey]; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

greinnaghey; v. encouraging, inciting to prompt to action.

er ghreinnaghey; v. hath, &c. stimulated or encouraged to something: Ezra, i. 5: Eisht hrog orroo ard-gheiney ayraghyn Yudah, as Venjamin, as ny saggyrtyn, as ny Leviteyn, mâroosyn ooilley, ny spyrrydyn oc va Jee er ghreinnaghey dy gholl seose, dy hroggal thie’n Chiarn, t’ayns Jerusalem. Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. G

greinney; v.

yn ghreinney; v. the urging, &c. G

greinnit; 85. encouraged, prompt.

greinneyder; s. m. an encourager or enciter.

grein-aadjyn; s. pl. greaves [OED: Branches, twigs].

griaght; s. a group, a drove [OED: A number of beasts, as oxen, sheep, etc., driven in a body; a herd, flock].

e ghriaght; s. his group, or drove; pl. -yn. G

griaghtagh; a. gregarious.

s’griaghtagh; a. how gregarious or in droves. G

s’griaghtee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

grian; s. m. sun; pl. -yn. I have marked this word of the masculine gender; see Psl. xix. [5]: Ayndoo t’eh er hoiaghey cabbane son y ghrian; ta cheet magh myr dooinney-poosee ass e hiamyr, as goaill boggey myr dooinney lajer dy roie e choorse. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun: which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course; although common usage is against it.

yn ghrian; s. the sun. Prov. “My ta’n ghrian jiarg tra girree t’eh, foddee shiu jerkal rish fliaghey.” [If the sun is red when it rises, you may expect rain.] G

greiney; a. d. of, or belonging to, the sun.

cassan-ny-greiney; s. m. the zodiac.

irree-ny-greinney; [s.] m. the rising of the sun.

lhie-ghreiney; s. m. sunset, the setting of the sun.

breck-sy-ghrian; s. f. spots or freckles on the skin, caused by the heat of the sun.

grianey; v.

dy ghrianey; v. to sun, or air in the sunshine. G

grianagh; a. sunny, sun-shiny.

s’grianagh; a. how sunny. G

s’grianee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

feer ghrianagh; a. [very] sunny. G

gribbey; s. m. the hollow for dung in a cow-house; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

gribbeydey; a. (sic) a pace of short steps and rather in a hurry.

grig; s. m. the beat of a clock or watch, a second.

grigyraght; v. beating as a clock or watch.

grinder; s. m. a satirist, a taunter; pl. -yn.

grynder; See grinder.

yn ghrynder; s. the giber. G

grinderagh; v. taunting, talking contumeliously.

grinderagh; a.

s’grinderagh; a. how much for taunting. G

s’grinderee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

grindee or grinderyn; s. pl. mockers, taunters, ridiculers; Psl. xxxv. 16: Marish ny brynnyree va grindeyryn connyssagh: ren snaggeraght orrym lesh nyn veeacklyn. With the flatterers were busy mockers: who gnashed upon me with their teeth.

grinderys; s. f. sarcasm.

grine; s. m. a grain; pl. -yn.

e ghrine; s. his grain; pl. -yn. G

grine-achlish; s. m. a small grain of oats that grows with another.

grineagh; a. grainy.

s’grineagh; a. how grainy. G

s’grinee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

ro ghrineagh; s. too grainy. G

grineen; s. f. very small grain, a grit.

grineenagh; a. gritty.

grineenid; s. m. grittiness.

grinney; s. f. a gate, a gateway; pl. 67 [change -ey to -aghyn].

yn ghreinney (sic); s. the gate. G

griu; s. f. the goods that are found in the possession of a thief or felon; that which criminates a criminal; Gen. xxx. 33: Dy chooilley unnane nagh vel breck as spottagh mastey ny goair, as loaghtyn mastey ny kirree, lhig da shen ve coontit myr griu vaarlee. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me; pl. -ghyn.

yn ghriu; s. the goods stolen that criminate the felon; as, yn ghriu vaarlee. G

groam; s. m. a sad, sorry, or sullen look; Gen. iv. 5: Agh jeh Cain as jeh e oural cha ren eh soiaghey: as va Cain feer jymmoosagh, as va groam er e eddin. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

groamagh; a. sorrowful, sorry, dejected, sullen countenance; Gen. iv. 6: As dooyrt y Chiarn rish Cain, Cre’n-fa t’ou jymmoosagh? as cre’n-fa t’ou jeeaghyn cha groamagh? And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

s’groamagh; a. how sad or low hearted, how sullen. G

s’groamee; a. id., comp. and sup. G

groamid; s. m. sullenness, dejectedness.

groo; s. m. curd; pl. -ghyn.

groo-sniuys or groo-noays; s. m. biestings [OED beestings = beest: The first milk drawn from a mammal, especially a cow, after parturition] or new curd, made of the milk of a cow newly done calving.

grissniuys; See groo-sniuys.

groobin; s. m. a cooper’s tool, crowis [not in OED or EDD], groover.

groudle; s. m. a crowder [OED: One who plays a crowd; a fiddler]; pl. -yn or 76 [groudil].

grouw; a. gloomy, gruff, sulky.

feer ghrouw; a. very gloomy; grim, sullen, &c. G

grouwid; s. m. gloom, sulkiness.

dy ghrooid; s. of gloominess; Zeph. i. 15: Ta’n laa shen, laa dy yymmoose, laa dy hrimshey, as dy arkys, laa dy hraartys as toyrt-mow, laa dy ghorraghys as dy ghrooid, laa dy vodjallyn as dorraghys dullyr. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. G

grouig; s. f. a frown; pl. -yn.

e ghrouig; s. his frown; pl. -yn. G

grouig; v. frown; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -it, 85; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

grouigey; v. frowning.

grouigit; pt.

grouigagh; a. having frowns.

gruaie; s. f. grimace, a grief worn face, a grim, sad, or sorry countenance; Isaiah xxv. 8: Nee eh sluggey seose baase ayns barriaght, as nee yn Chiarn Jee glenney ersooyl jeir veih dy chooilley ghruaie. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.

e ghruaie; s. his grimace; his ghastly or grief worn countenance. G

gruane; s. m. the gill of a fish; pl. -yn.

gruight; s. or druight, s.

yn ghruight; s. the measles.

grunsdyl; s. f. groundsel. [l. grundsyl ?]

grunt; s. m. ground, bottom, sole; as, grunt my chass (the sole of my foot).

yn ghrunt; s. the ground. G

er-y-ghrunt; adv. on the ground, aground.

gyn-grunt; adv. bottomless, without bottom.

grunt-thie; s. m. housestead, the ground the house stands on.

gruntit; pt.

s’gruntit; a. how grounded. G

gryle; s. f. a griddle; pl. -yn.

gubb or gubbon; s. f. a young gull, guillimot.

guee; v. praying, beseeching, intreating; -agh, 77; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88; Jer. xi. 14: Shen-y-fa ny jean uss guee ass lieh yn phobble shoh, chamoo jean aghin ny padjer y hebbal er nyn son. Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them.

ghuee; v. did beseech, besought, or intreat, did pray or prayed; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys. 94. G

gueeit; 85. prayed, besought.

gueeder; s.

yn ghueeder; s. the beseecher or intreater. G

guess; s. m. a time observer; 2 Kings xxi. 6: As hug eh er e vac dy gholl trooid yn aile, as deiyr eh er guessyn, as hug eh rish buitcheraght, as ghell eh rish spyrrydyn faishnee as fir-obbee. And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards.

guillag; s.

yn ghuillag; s. the leech. G

guilley; s. m. a boy; pl. 69 [change -ey to -yn].

yn ghuilley; s. the boy; pl. 69. G

e yuilley; s. his boy; pl. 69. G

guilley-bing; s. m. the herb cockshead medic.

guilley-glass or -glesh; s. m. a lockman [OED: Manx English. A deputy or assistant to the coroner], more literally a lockboy. Were this the name of a turnkey, it would seem more applicable for the meaning of glass or glesh in this word. See the proverb on ghlass.

guilley-ny-ritlag; s. m. the manifold tripe.

guilley-ny-ushtey; s. m. the smallest of the young at a litter or birth.

Gilchreest; s. m. Christopher.

guin or guinn*; s. m. a pain, an acute pain. This is thought to be the original Manks of pain.

guinnagh; a. painful, sore. We pronounce this word gonnagh.

gonnagh; a. (from guinnagh), sore, painful; saucy, peevish.

s’connagh; or more properly s’gonnagh, a. how sore, how crabbed. C

s’gonnagh; a. how sore. G

s’connee; a. id., comp. and sup.

s’gonnee; a. id., [comp. and sup.,] 58. G

ro ghonnagh; a. too sore, too crabbed. G

gonnid or gonnys; s. m. soreness, as expressed in the following Prov. “Cha vel sonnys gonnys” (Store is no sore).

guin or guinn*; v. to pain or give pain; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

guinney; v. paining, giving pain.

guint; 85. pained, a sudden pain as shot in some part of the body, an elf shot [OED: ‘Disease, supposed to be produced by the immediate agency of evil spirits’ (Jamieson)].

s’guint; a. how racked with pain, how wounded or pained. G

guintagh; s. m. one who is pained or wounded; the pl. 71 [change -agh to -ee], is in Ez. xxvi. 15: Nagh jean ny ellanyn craa lesh feiyr dty lhieggey, tra ta ny guintee gyllaghey, tra vees traartys jeant cheu-sthie jeed? hall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? and xxviii. 23: Son ver-yms stiagh yn phlaih urree, as fuill stiagh ayns ny straïdyn eck, as bee ny guintee er nyn mriwnys ayns y vean eck, liorish yn chliwe urree, er dy chooilley heu. For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side.

guirr; v. hatch, hatching, &c.; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

ghuir or ghuirr*; v. did hatch, hatched; -agh; -ys, 94. G

dy ghuirr; v. to hatch. G

guirt; 85. hatched.

guirragh; a. addle, rotten; clucking; fowls are said to be so when in a hatching state.

s’guirragh; a. how addle or rotten; as eggs when so, how much in a hatching state, as a hen or fowl when so. G

s’guirree; a. id., comp. and sup. G

ro ghuirragh; a. too adle or rotten as eggs, too much in a hatching state. G

guiy; s. m. a goose,

yn yuiy; s. the goose. G

faiyr-guiy; s. f. goose grass.

guoiee; s. pl. geese, the pl. of guiy.

gioee; s. pl. geese, the pl. of guiy.

e ghuoee; s. his geese. G

gull; v. howl, yell; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88; Jer. xxv. 34: Gull-jee, shiuish vochillyn, as keayn-jee as seiy-jee shiu hene ’sy joan, shiuish leeideilee y chioltane. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock.

ghull; v. did yell, yelp, or howl; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gullal or gullyrnee; v. howling, yelling; Jer. ii. 15: Ren ny lionyn aegey garveigagh n’oi as gullyrnee. The young lions roared upon him, and yelled.

e ghullyrnee; pt. his yelling, howling, &c. G

gur eh mie eu; God send you good, thank you.

gurneil; v.

dy ghurneil; v. to govern; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -ys, 94. G

gurneilys; s.

e ghurneillys; v. his governing. G

gwee; v. curse; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 88; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87;-ys, 88.

ghwee; v. did curse; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

wee; v. did curse or beseech; -agh; -in; -ins; -ym; -yms; -ys, 94. G

gweeaghyn; v. cursing.

dy weeaghyn; v. to curse. G

e ghweeaghyn; s. his cursing. G

gweeit; 85. cursed.

ro weeit; a. too cursed. G

gweeder; s. m. a curser; pl. -yn.

yn ghweeder; s. the curser. G

yn weeder; s. the curser. G

gyere; a. sour, tart, sharp, strict, rigid, rigorous.

geyre; a. sharp. See also gyere.

geayr; a. sour, acid; Isa. xviii. 5: Son roish yn ouyr, lurg da’n blaa v’er jeet gys slane aase, as y berrish-feeyney geayr er n’appaghey ayns y vlaa, giare-ee eh jeh ny slattagyn lesh corranyn-pollal, as gowee eh ersooyl, as giare-ee eh sheese ny banglaneyn. For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

gyerey; a. pl. sour, sharp, strict.

geayrey; a. pl. sour, acid.

s’gyere; a. how sharp. G

s’gyerey; a. id., comp. and sup. of gyere. G

s’geayr or s’geir; a. how sour, sharp or tart. Isaiah xviii. 5 [see geayr above]. G

s’geayrey; a. id., comp. and sup. G

ro ghyere or ghyeir; a. too sharp, sour, tart; sharp edged, strict, acidous. G

ro yere; a. too sharp, tart, or sour. G

geir; s.

dy gheir; s. of smart or pain. G

bainney geir; curdled or sour milk.

feeyn-geir; s. m. vinegar.

gyere; v. sour, &c.; -agh, 77; -e, 80; -ys, 88.

geayr; v. make sour or acid; -agh, 77; -ee, 80; -in, 83; -ins, 84; -ym, 86; -yms, 87; -ys, 88.

gyereaghey; v. souring, sharpening.

geayraghey; v. making sour or souring.

dy yereagh or yereaghey; v. to sharpen or sour. G

gyerit; 85. soured, sharpened.

geayrit; 85, soured.