goll

goll (plural golls)

1. (obsolete) A hand.
   • 1609, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philaster‎^[1]:

     Then give me thy Princely goll, which thus I kisse, to whom I crouch and bow; But see my royall sparke, this head-strong swarme that follow me humming like a master Bee, have I led forth their Hives, and being on wing, and in our heady flight, have seazed him shall suffer for thy wrongs.

   • 1622, Thomas Dekker, The Noble Spanish Soldier‎^[2]:

     Give me thy goll, thou are a noble girl.

From God.

goll

1. (dialect, euphemistic) God
   • 1900, Edward Noyes Westcott, The Christmas Story from David Harum‎^[3]:

     'I dunno what you mean,' says Jim. 'Yes, ye do, goll darn ye!' says Dick, 'yes, ye do.

   • 1919, Various, The Best Short Stories of 1917‎^[4]:

     By goll! that's all I'm good for to take on now.

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *guleus, from gula (“throat”), or a blend of coll (“testicle”) +‎ gola (“throat”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡoʎ]

goll m (plural golls)

1. goitre

   Synonym: gotirló

• “goll”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “goll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

goll n (genitive singular golls, no plural)

1. (archaic) gold

Either a rapid-speech variant of goaill or a variant of Old Irish dul with assimilation of /d/ to the /ɡ/ of the particle ec. Compare Irish goil.

goll m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. verbal noun of immee
2. going

• immeeaght

• goll as gaccan (“going and grumbling”)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡɔɬ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡoːɬ/, /ɡɔɬ/

goll

1. soft mutation of coll (“loss; lost”)