goll

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

goll (plural golls)

  1. (obsolete) A hand.
    • 1609, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philaster‎:
      Then give me thy Princely goll, which thus I kisse, to whom I crouch and bow; But see my royall sparke, this head-strong swarme that follow me humming like a master Bee, have I led forth their Hives, and being on wing, and in our heady flight, have seazed him shall suffer for thy wrongs.
    • 1622, Thomas Dekker, The Noble Spanish Soldier‎:
      Give me thy goll, thou are a noble girl.

Etymology 2

From God.

Proper noun

goll

  1. (dialect, euphemistic) God
    • 1900, Edward Noyes Westcott, The Christmas Story from David Harum‎:
      'I dunno what you mean,' says Jim. 'Yes, ye do, goll darn ye!' says Dick, 'yes, ye do.
    • 1919, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1917‎:
      By goll! that's all I'm good for to take on now.

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *guleus, from gula (“throat”), or a blend of coll (“testicle”) +‎ gola (“throat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

goll m (plural golls)

  1. goitre
    Synonym: gotirló

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

goll n (genitive singular golls, no plural)

  1. (archaic) gold

Declension

Declension of goll (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative goll gollið
accusative goll gollið
dative golli gollinu
genitive golls gollsins

Manx

Etymology

Either a rapid-speech variant of goaill or a variant of Old Irish dul with assimilation of /d/ to the /ɡ/ of the particle ec. Compare Irish goil.

Noun

goll m (genitive singular , plural )

  1. verbal noun of immee
  2. going

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
goll gholl ngoll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

goll

  1. Soft mutation of coll (“loss; lost”).
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