"geg" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gegs [present, singular, third-person], gegging [participle, present], gegged [participle, past], gegged [past]
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. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=Origin unknown}} Origin unknown, {{inh|en|ang|*gǣgan|t=to go, walk, pass by}} Old English *gǣgan (“to go, walk, pass by”), {{m|ang|forgǣgan|t=to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit}} forgǣgan (“to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit”), {{m|ang|ofergǣgan|t=to transgress}} ofergǣgan (“to transgress”), {{der|en|non|geiga|t=to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random}} Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gaigijaną}} Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną, {{m|gem-pro|*gīganą|t=to move}} *gīganą (“to move”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰeyǵʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʰeygʰ-|t=to gape, protrude}} *gʰeygʰ- (“to gape, protrude”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰēy(w)-}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēy(w)-, {{m|ine-pro|*ǵʰyāw-|t=to yawn, gape}} *ǵʰyāw- (“to yawn, gape”), {{cog|ofs|gēia|t=to overstep, exceed}} Old Frisian gēia (“to overstep, exceed”), {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{m|no|geige|t=to sway back and forth}} geige (“to sway back and forth”), {{cog|gmh|gīgen||to play the violin}} Middle High German gīgen (“to play the violin”), {{cog|ang|gǣnan||to gape}} Old English gǣnan (“to gape”), {{l|en|jig}} jig Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Northern-England, dialectal
    Sense id: en-geg-en-verb-sTK1WgPG Categories (other): Northern England English
  2. (dialectal) To swing. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-geg-en-verb-EOoerdc2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gaig, gay Derived forms: geg in

Inflected forms

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        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "gēia",
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        "(dialectal) To swing."
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        "2": "*gʰeygʰ-",
        "t": "to gape, protrude"
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        "2": "*ǵʰyāw-",
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        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "gēia",
        "t": "to overstep, exceed"
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        "2": "gǣnan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to gape"
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        "To walk carelessly or in a careless manner."
      ],
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        "English dialectal terms"
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        "To swing."
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        "(dialectal) To swing."
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      "word": "gaig"
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      "word": "gay"
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}

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