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#* '''1906''', [[w:Edith Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]], ''[[s:The Railway Children/Chapter 4|The Railway Children]]'', Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
#* '''1906''', [[w:Edith Nesbit|Edith Nesbit]], ''[[s:The Railway Children/Chapter 4|The Railway Children]]'', Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
#*: "You're a naughty little '''gell''', that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
#*: "You're a naughty little '''gell''', that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
#*:"Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
#*: "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
# {{alternative form of|gill|nodot=yes}} (a leech)
# {{alternative form of|gill|nodot=yes}} (a leech)


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==Old Irish==
==Old Irish==


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## a [[hostage]]
## a [[hostage]]
# a [[stake]], a [[wager]]
# a [[stake]], a [[wager]]
# (''by extension of 1 and 2'') the [[equal]], the [[equivalent]]
# {{context|context|by extension of 1 and 2|lang=sga}} the [[equal]], the [[equivalent]]
# in prepositional phrases
# in prepositional phrases
#* '''do gheall ar'''
#* '''do gheall ar'''
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#*: ''in return for''
#*: ''in return for''


===Derived terms===
====Derived terms====
* {{term|gellach|lang=sga}}
* {{term|gellach|lang=sga}}
* {{term|gillán|lang=sga}}
* {{term|gillán|lang=sga}}


===Descendents===
====Descendants====
* [[Middle Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=mga}}
* [[Middle Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=mga}}
* [[Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=ga}}
* [[Irish]]: {{term|geall|lang=ga}}

Revision as of 16:34, 22 September 2013

English

Noun

gell (plural gells)

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    • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
      "You're a naughty little gell, that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
      "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
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Cornish

Adjective

gell

  1. brown

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) gelten.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gell

  1. (deprecated template usage) (slang) a tag question roughly equivalent to yes?, no?, isn’t that so?, right?, or innit
    Wir gehen, gell?
    We’re going, aren’t we?
    Du verstehst mich, gell?
    You understand me, right?

Usage notes

The word is generally restricted to South German speech.

See also

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • geall

Noun

gell n or m (o-stem)

  1. a pledge, a surety.
    1. a hostage
  2. a stake, a wager
  3. (deprecated template usage) (context, by extension of 1 and 2) the equal, the equivalent
  4. in prepositional phrases
    • do gheall ar
      for the sake of
    • i ... ngeall
      in need of; depending on
    • i ngeall ar
      by means of; on account of; in exchange for; pledged to
    • i ngeall re
      in pledge for; in lieu of; as the equivalent of; depending on; on account of
    • mar gheall air
      in return for

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gell gell
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		ngell
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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