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gaet, gait, gait-on, gat, gatna, ged, geetin, get, get_a, get_on, getance, getta, gettan, gettance, gettin, gettins, git, gitt, gitta, gittan, gittance, gitten, gittin, gittins, goat, gote, gotna, gott$n, gotten, gowt, gyit, ill-gotten, merry-begotten, mirry-begyit,
get [gɛt]
also git [gɪt, S. git]
v. To get.
pt. gat [gat]
pp. gotten [ˈgɔtən, ˈgotən]
 
gatna v. Didn't get.
 
gettin [gɛtɪn]
also gittin [gɪtɪn, S. gitɪn]
v. Getting.
 
gettins n. pl. Wages, earnings, gains at playing cards.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
get a: To get a ...
get by: To get past, to succeed in passing, to avoid, dispense with, to carry through, complete a task.
get on: To seize suddenly or violently, to attack violently with words, to upbraid.
ill-gotten: Of a child: Illegitimate.
merry-begotten: I.Ork. Conceived out of wedlock, illegitimate.
geat, geats, ged, geds, geek, geekie, geeks, geet, geetie, geets, get, getlin, getlins, gets, gett, getts, gite, gites, gyte, gytes,
get [gɛt, S. gəit]
also N. geet [git]
n. Offspring, progeny, a child, a brat. The name given to a first-year or junior boy at the Edinburgh Royal High School or Edinburgh Academy.
pl. gets, geets
dim. MN. geetie A young coalfish Pollachius virens.
 
getlin [ˈgɛtlɪn, N. gitlɪn, S. gəitlɪn]
n. An infant (abusive).
 
beget
v. To procreate.
pt. begat
pp. begotten
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
blissen get: A late born baby.
gaagaa, gawgaw, geegaw, gewgaa, gewgaw,
gewgaw [ˈdzuːge, ˈgiugɪ]
n. S. A Jew's harp.
gae, gai, gaily, gay, gayan, gaylie, gaylies, gayly, gengyies, gey, geyan, geyley, geylie, geylies, geylins, geyly, gie, gie-an, gien, gillie, giy, guey, guie, guy, gy, gyan, gye, gyelie, gyely, gyley, gylies, gyly,
gey [gəi]
adj. Gay. Of quantity or amount: considerable, good, great, good-sized. Of quality: fine, excellent, great, peculiar.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gey and followed by another adj.: Great, considerable, very, adv. Pretty, very.
geylins: Considerably.
geyly, geylies: adv. Rather much, pretty well, well enough, middling, tolerably well.
gaist, ghaist, ghaistie, ghaistly, gost, snaa-ghaist, snaw-ghaist, snaw-ghast,
ghaist [gest, S. gast]
n. A ghost.
dim. ghaistie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ghaistly: Terrifying, ghastly.
snaw-ghaist: I. Ork. An apparition seen in the snow.
gib, gibb, gibbie, gibby,
gib [ˈgɪb(i)]
also gib cat
n. A tomcat.
dim. gibbie
gibbet,
gibbet [ˈdʒɪbət]
n. A gibbet.
gibble, gibbles, gibblet,
gibble [ˈgɪbl]
n. A tool, implement, utensil.
pl. gibbles Things, wares, odds and ends.
dim. gibblet [ˈgɪblət]
gaederel, giddie, giddirel, giddy, githie, kithie, kithy,
giddy [ˈgɪdi, I.Ork. ˈkɪθi]
adj. Giddy,
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
giddirel: U. A stupid person, a simpleton.
ga, ga$, ga$e, gade, gae, gae, gae, gaean, gaed, gaein, gaen, gaena, gaid, gain, gea, gean, gee, gee$in, gee$n, geed, geein, geen, geen, gees, geesa, geet, geez, geeza, geeze, geh, gei, geid, gei-in, gein, gein, gein$, geis, gi, gi$, gi$d, gi$d, gi$e, gi$ed, gi$ed, gi$en, gi$in, gid, gie, gie$d, gie$d, gie$er, gie$in, gie$n, gie$n, gie$s_a, gie$t, gie_ower, giean, gied, giedna, gieer, gie-er, giein, giein, gie-in, gien, gien, giena, gier, gies, giez, giffen, giffin, gimme, gin, givin, giz, guv, gya, gyana, gye, ill-gaen, ill-gi$en, ill-gien, misgae, misgaed, misgaed, misgaid, misgain, misgean, misgee, misgeed, misgeed, misgeen, misgeid, misgi, misgi$, misgi$d, misgi$e, misgi$ed, misgi$en, misgid, misgid, misgie, misgied, misgied, misgiein, misgien, misgiffen, misgiffin, misgive, missgien,
gie [giː, geː]
v. To give.
pt. gied [giːd, gɪd], gae [geː, MN. gjaː] Gave
pp. gien [giːn], gied Given
 
gies
v. Gives.
 
giein [giː(ɪ)n]: Giving.
 
giena neg. Do not give.
giedna, gaena neg. Did not give.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
gier: A giver.
gie's a: Give us (me) a ...
gie't: Give it.
gie ower [-ˈʌu(ə)r, -ɔuːr, -oːr, -uːr]: Give up, abandon.
ill-gien: Malevolent, mean, awkward.
misgie: To fail to function or to come up to expectations. pt. misgied pp. misgien.
owergie: To give up, renounce, resign, surrender.

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