geg

See also: gęg and Geg

English

Alternative forms

• gaig, gay

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps from Old English *gǣgan (“to go, walk, pass by”), as in forgǣgan (“to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit”), ofergǣgan (“to transgress”), or from Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random”), both from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną, *gīganą (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Old Frisian gēia (“to overstep, exceed”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian dialectal geige (“to sway back and forth”), Middle High German gīgen (“to play the violin”), Old English gǣnan (“to gape”). More at jig.

Verb

1. (dialectal, Northern England) To walk carelessly or in a careless manner.
2. (dialectal) To swing.

Derived terms

• geg in

Anagrams

• Egg, GGE, egg

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Welsh

Noun

geg

1. Soft mutation of ceg.