gjäl

Compare Gutnish gail, German geil, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz.

gjäl

1. happy, cheerful, lively[1]
2. horny, unchaste, rutting; about people and animals

By variation from Old Norse gerði (“fence.”) Compare Icelandic gerð, Old Norse gørð, and Westrobothnian nästgäl f (“packed lunch.”)

gjäl f (definite singular gjäla)

1. enclosure of cultivated soil, field

• baitesgjäl (“pasture”)
• korngjäl (“barley field”)
• råggjäl (“rye field”)
• säsgjäl (“cereal field”)

Like Icelandic girða from Old Norse gerða, derived from gerði (“fence.”)

gjäl (preterite gjälä)

1. to fence, to enclose with fence, to build a fence around the property

From Old Norse gerð, gørð (“deed,”) from Proto-Germanic *garwidō. Cognate to Norwegian gjær (“deed; custom, fashion, manner of doing something; nature, shape,”) Gutnish gärd (“deed,”) Icelandic gerð, gjörð (“act, action, etc.”)

gjäl f (definite singular gjäla)

1. custom, practice, habit

   Hä jär gjäla

   Such is the custom.

   Hä jär allti gjäla hä

   It’s always the case.