"guykerl" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1932, Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby, Shetland Traditional Lore, page 132:",
          "text": "He went up his hill for a large stone he knew would be sufficient, but as he was returning, staggering under the weight of the enormous boulder, his Guykerl saw him and cried out jeeringly.",
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          "ref": "1981, James R. Nicolson, Shetland Folklore, page 91:",
          "text": "The giantesses or guykerls seem to have survived their husbands for some considerable time, for they continued to play an active part in folklore.",
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        "(Shetland) A giantess, typically a giant wife."
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