GANE, _vb._ to be suitable. L.L., 991; Rolland, II, 135. O.N. _gegna_, to suit, to satisfy, from _gegn_. O. Sw. _gen_, same root in Germ. _begegnen_. See further Kluge. Entirely different from _gane_, to profit. GANE, _vb._ to profit. L.L., 131; R.R., 1873. O.N. _gagne_, to help, be of use, _gagn_, use, profit, Norse _gagna_, id., O. Sw. _gaghna_, to profit, Dan. _gavne_. GANE, _sb._ the mouth and throat. Douglas, III, 168, 26. Cannot come from O.E. _gin_, O.N. _gin_, mouth, because of the quality of the vowel, is, however, Norse _gan_, _gane_, the throat, the mouth and throat, Sw. _gan_, gap, the inside of the mouth. GAIT, GATE, GAT, _sb._ road, way, manner. O.N. _gata_, O. Dan. _gatæ_, M.E. _gāte_. See Wall. Cp. Northern Eng. "to gang i' that rwoad," to continue in that manner. GARTH, GAIRTH, _sb._ the yard, the house with the enclosure, dwelling. O.N. _garðr_, a yard, the court and premises, O. Sw. _garþer_, _gardh_, the homeplace, Dan. _gaard_, M.E. _garth_, and _yeard_ from O.E. _geard_, Cu. _garth_, Shetland _gard_. Is in form more specifically Norse than Dan. Occurs in a number of place-names in South Scotland, especially Dumfries. See I, §3. GATEFARRIN, _adj._ wayfaring, in the sense of fit to travel, in suitable apparel for travel. Johnnie Gibb, 12, 35. Wall distinguishes rightly between the O.N. and the Eng. use of the word _fare_. This Scand. use of the word is confined to Norway and Iceland, and is, at any rate in the later period, more characteristic of Icelandic than Norse. Cp. a similar use of the word _sitta_, in Norse, to look well, said of clothes that look well on a person. Not quite the same. GAWKY, _adj._ foolish. Burns, 78, 60. From _gowk_. Cp. _gawkish_. GEDDE, _sb._ a pike (fish). Bruce, II, 576; Sat. P. I, 53, 9. O.N. _gedda_, the pike, Dan. _gjedde_, Sw. _gädda_. Not in M.E., except in Sco. works, and does not seem to exist in Eng. diall. GEMSAL, YEMSEILL, YHEMSALE, _sb._ concealment, secrecy. Bruce, XX, 231; Wyntoun, VIII, 19, 206; VIII, 36, 84. O.N. _göymsla_, O. Ic. _geymsla_, Norse _gøymsla_, _gøymsel_, concealment. Dano-Norse _gjemsel_. The ending _sal_ is distinctively Scand. Cp. _trængsel_, misery; _længsel_, longing; _hørsel_, hearing; _pinsel_, torture; _trudsel_, threat; _opførsel_, conduct; Sco. _tynsell, hansell_, etc. GENȝELD, _sb._ reward, recompense. Douglas, II, 100, 12; II, 111, 17; Scott, 59, 62. O.N. _gegn-gjald_, reward, O. Dan. _gengæld_, _giengiald_ id., _giengielde_, to reward, Norse _gjengjæld_. _Gen_ is the same as the _gegn_ in _gegna_, to suit, _-ȝeld_ can be either Scand. or Eng. The palatal _g_ is also Scand. in this word. The compound _genȝeld_ is Scand. In Sco. also spelled _ganȝeld_, _gaynȝeild_.