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”), 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

geg (third-person singular simple present gegs, present participle gegging, simple past and past participle gegged)

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

Derived terms

• geg in

Anagrams

• EGG, Egg, GGE, egg

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Welsh

Noun

geg

1. Soft mutation of ceg.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ceg	geg	ngheg	cheg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.