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gin (according to Bout. , ginne), adj. , properly _gaping_, hence, _wide,
extended_: acc. sg. gynne grund (_the bottom of the sea_), 1552.

gin-fæst, adj. , _extensive, rich_: acc. sg. gim-fæste gife (gim-, on
account of the following _f_), 1272; in weak form, gin-fæstan gife, 2183.

ginnan, st. v. , original meaning, _to be open, ready_; in

on-ginnan, _to begin, to undertake_: pret. oð þæt ān ongan fyrene fremman
fēond on helle, 100; secg eft ongan sīð Bēowulfes snyttrum styrian, 872; þā
þæt sweord ongan . . .
wanian, _the sword began to diminish_, 1606; Higelāc
ongan sīnne geseldan . . . fægre fricgean, _began with propriety to question
his companion_, 1984, etc. ; ongon, 2791; pret. pl. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman
ongunnon lindhæbbende, _no shield-bearing men e'er undertook more openly to
come hither_, 244; pret. part. hæbbe ic mǣrða fela ongunnen on geogoðe,
_have in my youth undertaken many deeds of renown_, 409.

gist. See gæst.

gistran, adv. , _yesterday_: gystran niht, _yesterday night_, 1335.

git, pron. , _ye two_, dual of þū, 508, 512, 513, etc.

gīt, gȳt, adv.