gabba in Old Norse

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Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gapponą, *gabbōną (“to joke”), probably related to *gapōną (“to gape”). See Dutch gapen (“to gape”). Etymology templates: {{der|non|gem-pro|*gapponą}} Proto-Germanic *gapponą, {{cog|nl|gapen|t=to gape}} Dutch gapen (“to gape”) Head templates: {{head|non|verb||{{{1}}}||{{{spast2}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{ppast2}}}||{{{ppast3}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{pp2}}}|head=|tr=}} gabba, {{non-verb}} gabba

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        "(transitive) to mock, to make game of"
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"gabba" meaning in Old Norse

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