Gowk, sb. a fool. O. N. gaukr, Norse gæuk, O. Sw. göker, Dan. gjög. In Sco. very frequently spelled goilk, golk. Cu. April-gowk, April fool.
Gowl, vb. to scream, yell. O. N. gaula, Norse gæula, to yell, to scream. Shetland gjol, gol, to howl, seems to be the same word, but the palatal before o is strange. Cp. Sco. gowle.
Gowlynge, sb. screaming, howling. R.R. 823, pr. p. of gowl. Cp. O. N. gaulan, Norse gæuling, sb. screaming.
Graip, sb. a dung-fork. Burns, 38, 1, 2. Johnnie Gibb, 102, 18; 214, 21. Norse græip, id., Dan. greb, a three-pronged fork.
Graith, adj. ready, direct. Bruce, IV, 759; Wallace, V, 76. O. N. græiðr, ready, Norse greid, simple, clear, ready. Deriv. graithly, directly, Gol. and Gau. 54. Cp. Yorkshire graidly, proper.
Graith, vb. make ready, dress, furnish, equip. C.S., 39; R.R., 424; Psalms XVIII, 32. O. N. græiða, to disentangle, set in order, make ready. Norse greide, to dress (the hair). Cu. graitht, dressed.
Grane, sb. twig, branch. Douglas, II, 10, 27; Dunbar, 76. O. N. græin, Norse grein, Dan. gren, O. Sw. gren, branch. The Dan. and Sw. forms show monophthongation. The Sco. word agrees best with the Norse.
Granit, adj. forked. Douglas, II, 133, 4. O. N. græina, to branch, divide into branches, separate. Norse græina, Sw., Dan. grena, id., O. Sw. grenadh, adj. forked, Cu. grainet.
Grayth, graith, sb. equipment, possessions. Dunbar, 229; Lyndsay, 154, 4753; Burns, 23, 18. O. N. græiða, means "tools, possessions," originally "order." Cp. the vb. In Douglas, III, 3, 25, graith means "preparation."
Graithly, adv. directly, speedily. Bruce, XIX, 708; X, 205. O. N. græiðliga, readily, promptly.