GER, GAR, _vb._ to make, cause, force. O.N. _gera_ (Cl. and V.). O. Dan. _göræ_, Sw. _göra_, Norse _gjera_, to do, to make. O. Nh. _görva_. _Gar_ is the modern form which exhibits regular Sco. change of _er_ to _ar_. Cp. _serk_, _sark_; _werk_, _wark_. GESTNYNG, _sb._ hospitality. Douglas, III, 315, 8. O.N. _gistning_, a passing the night as a guest at a place, _gista_, vb. to spend the night with one, _gestr_, guest. O. Dan. _gæstning_, O. Sw. _gästning_, _gistning_. GLETE, GLEIT, _vb._ to glitter. Douglas, I, 33; II, 88, 16; Montg. C. and S., 1288; Dunbar, G.T., 66. O.N. _glita_, to glitter, Dan. _glitte_. Cp. Shetland _glid_, a glittering object. O.E. _glitnian_ > M.E. _glitenien_, as O.E. _glisnian_ > M.E. _glistnian_, N. Eng. _glisten_. The M.E. _glitenian_ (N.Eng. *_glitten_) was replaced by the Scand. _glitter_. GLEIT, _sb._ literally "anything shining," used in Palace of Honour, II, 8, for polish of speech. See the vb. GLEY, _sb._ a look, glance, stare. Mansie Wauch, 85, 10; 117, 37. See Wall, _gley_, to squint, B-S. _glien_. Cp. Sw. dial. _glia_. GLEG, _adj._ sharp. See Wall, deriv. _glegly_, quickly. GLITTERIT, _adj._ full of glitter. Dunbar, T.M.W., 30. See _glitter_ in Skeat. GOWK, _sb._ a fool. O.N. _gaukr_, Norse _gæuk_, O. Sw. _göker_, Dan. _gjög_. In Sco. very frequently spelled _goilk_, _golk_. Cu. _April-gowk_, April fool. GOWL, _vb._ to scream, yell. O.N. _gaula_, Norse _gæula_, to yell, to scream. Shetland _gjol_, _gol_, to howl, seems to be the same word, but the palatal before _o_ is strange. Cp. Sco. _gowle_. GOWLYNGE, _sb._ screaming, howling. R.R. 823, pr. p. of _gowl_. Cp. O.N. _gaulan_, Norse _gæuling_, sb. screaming. GRAIP, _sb._ a dung-fork. Burns, 38, 1, 2. Johnnie Gibb, 102, 18; 214, 21. Norse _græip_, id., Dan. _greb_, a three-pronged fork. GRAITH, _adj._ ready, direct. Bruce, IV, 759; Wallace, V, 76. O.N. _græiðr_, ready, Norse _greid_, simple, clear, ready. Deriv. _graithly_, directly, Gol. and Gau. 54. Cp. Yorkshire _graidly_, proper. GRAITH, _vb._ make ready, dress, furnish, equip. C.S., 39; R.R., 424; Psalms XVIII, 32. O.N. _græiða_, to disentangle, set in order, make ready. Norse _greide_, to dress (the hair). Cu. _graitht_, dressed. GRANE, _sb._ twig, branch. Douglas, II, 10, 27; Dunbar, 76. O.N. _græin_, Norse _grein_, Dan. _gren_, O. Sw. _gren_, branch. The Dan. and Sw. forms show monophthongation. The Sco. word agrees best with the Norse. GRANIT, _adj._ forked. Douglas, II, 133, 4. O.N. _græina_, to branch, divide into branches, separate. Norse _græina_, Sw., Dan. _grena_, id., O. Sw. _grenadh_, adj. forked, Cu. _grainet_.