gilja

Garo

Noun

gilja

1. church

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gailijaną (“to make glad”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, “to make glad”).

Verb

gilja

1. to seduce, beguile

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: gilje
• Norwegian Bokmål: gilje, gilja
• Swedish: gilja

References

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

Zou

Noun

gilja

1. hip

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf