An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Ged-staff, s.
1. A staff for stirring pikes from under the banks.
Douglas.
2. A pointed staff, from Su. G. gadd, aculeus.
Gl. Sibb.

GEE, (g hard) s. To tak the gee, to become pettish and unmanageable, S.

Isl. geig, offensa.

Ross.

GEY, GAY, (g hard) adj. Tolerable.
S. P. Repr.
A gey wheen, a considerable number.

Gey, Gay, adv. Indifferently. Gey and weil, pretty well, S.
Ramsay.

Geily, Gayly, Geylies, adv. Pretty well, S.
Kelly.

Teut. gheef, sanus; Su. G. gef, usualis.

GEYELER, s. Jailor.
Wallace.

To GEIF, GEYFF, v. a. To give.
Douglas.