gjäl

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

Compare Gutnish gail, German geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz.

Adjective

gjäl

  1. happy, cheerful, lively[1]
  2. horny, unchaste, rutting; about people and animals

Etymology 2

By variation from Old Norse gerði (“fence”). Compare Icelandic gerð, Old Norse gørð, and nästgäl f (“packed lunch”).

Noun

gjäl f (definite singular gjäla)

  1. enclosure of cultivated soil, field

Derived terms

  • baitesgjäl (“pasture”)
  • korngjäl (“barley field”)
  • råggjäl (“rye field”)
  • säsgjäl (“cereal field”)

Etymology 3

Like Icelandic girða from Old Norse gerða, derived from gerði (“fence”).

Verb

gjäl (preterite gjälä)

  1. to fence, to enclose with fence, to build a fence around the property

References

  1. ↑ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Gjäl”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 189
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