gull

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: gŭl, IPA(key): /ˈɡʌl/ (gulf-golf merger) IPA(key): /ɡɑl/ Homophone: gall (gulf-golf merger) Rhymes: -ʌl === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language (compare Breton gouelan, Welsh gwylan, and Cornish golan), from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *weilannā (“seagull”). Cognate with Old Irish foílenn, Scottish Gaelic faoileag. Compare French goéland, a borrowing from Breton. Eclipsed Middle English lare (borrowed from Latin larus) and Middle English mewe (from Old English mæw). ==== Noun ==== gull (plural gulls) A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae. Synonyms: mew, seabird, seagull, seamew Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from an obsolete term gull (“to swallow, guzzle”), from Middle English golen (“to make swallowing motions, gape”), from Middle English gole (“throat”). ==== Noun ==== gull (plural gulls) (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud. A stupid animal. One easily cheated; a dupe. (obsolete, Oxford University slang) A swindler or trickster. ===== Synonyms ===== (dupe): See also Thesaurus:dupe (swindler): See also Thesaurus:fraudster ==== Verb ==== gull (third-person singular simple present gulls, present participle gulling, simple past and past participle gulled) To deceive or cheat. (US, slang) To mislead. (US, slang) To trick and defraud. (dialectal) To flatter, wheedle. ===== Synonyms ===== (to deceive): See also Thesaurus:deceive ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English gole (“a whirlpool, narrow inlet of the sea, ditch or stream”), from Middle Low German goel, gȫl, gȫle (“swamp, marshy lowland”), related to Old Dutch gulla (“pool, puddle”), Old French goille (“pool, puddle, pond”), all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *goli, *golljā (“puddle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *guljaz, *guljǭ. ==== Alternative forms ==== gool (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== gull (plural gulls) (dialectal) A breach or hole made by the force of a torrent; fissure, chasm. (dialectal) A channel made by a stream; a natural watercourse; running water. ===== Derived terms ===== gullick ==== Verb ==== gull (third-person singular simple present gulls, present participle gulling, simple past and past participle gulled) (dialectal) To sweep away by the force of running water; to carve or wear into a gully. === References === === Further reading === gull on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Larus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse gull, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʊtl/ === Noun === gull n (genitive singular guls, uncountable) gold (in proverbs) richness, money, livestock gold medal, first place (sports, etc.) ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gull (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʏtl/ Rhymes: -ʏtl === Noun === gull n (genitive singular gulls, nominative plural gull) (uncountable) gold (chemical element) (countable) a cherished thing (countable) a gold medal or prize ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ekki er allt gull sem glóir glópagull gull af manni morgunstund gefur gull í mund == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish guld (pre-1907 Riksmål spelling), from Old Norse gull, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʉlː/ === Noun === gull n (definite singular gullet, uncountable) gold ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== forgylle, forgylt === References === “gull” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === goillj, goill (eye dialect, Trøndelag) === Etymology === From Old Norse gull and goll, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą. Akin to English gold. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʉlː/ === Noun === gull n (definite singular gullet, uncountable) gold ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “gull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === goll ᚴᚢᛚ (kul /⁠ḡull⁠/), ᛁᚢᛚ (iul /⁠jull⁠/), ᚢᛚ (ul /⁠(j)ull⁠/) *jull, *iull (based on runic inscriptions) === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”). Cognate with Old English gold, Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old Dutch golt, Old High German gold, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ). See also Finnish kulta. Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). === Pronunciation === (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡulː/ === Noun === gull n (genitive gulls, plural gull) (uncountable, singular only) gold Laurentius saga 65, in 1858, Jón_Sigurðsson, Guðbrandur_Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 877: Vér viljum ok gefa þér gull vort, […] We also want to give you our gold, […] (countable) a jewel, thing of value, especially a finger-ring Stjórn 78, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 254: Enn þegar sem hon bar þetta gull, […] But when she wore that ring, […] ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “gull”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 220 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 175; also available at the Internet Archive == Swedish == === Alternative forms === guld (modern form) === Etymology === From gull, gul, gol, from Old Norse gull (compare Runic Old East Norse: ᚴᚢᛚ (kul /⁠ḡull⁠/), ᛁᚢᛚ (iul /⁠jull⁠/)), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Compare alternative form Old Swedish gold, guldh, gwldh, Old Norse *gulð. Cognate to Swedish gul (“yellow”). === Noun === gull n (poetic, archaic) gold Har du silver har du gull, / har du kistorna full? Do you have silver and gold, / are your treasure chests full? (song lyrics) Wilt thw wara tik sielffuir hull, / tw älska friiheet meer än gull (Old Swedish, poem by bishop Tomas, 1439) Vill du vara dig själver huld, / du älska frihet mer än guld (translated to standard Swedish) If you want to help yourself, you should love freedom more than gold (colloquial) baby, darling, someone dear and cute (gullig), someone to cuddle (gulla med) mina små gull my little darlings Kom nu gullet, det är finfint väder ute Come on baby, it's a perfect sunny day ==== Usage notes ==== The form gull is archaic or poetic outside compound words and fixed expressions, where it has taken the sense of beloved or favorable as in gullgosse (“golden boy”), gullegris (“darling, pet”), gullunge (“beloved child”), etc. ==== Declension ==== === References === “gull”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gull”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gull”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)