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ged1 north. and Sc.|gɛd| Forms: 4 gedde, 4, 6 gedd, 7 gid, 8 gidd, 7–9 ged. [a. ON. gedda (= OSw. gedde, giedda, Sw. gädda, Da. gjedde), app. f. ON. gadd-r spike, gad. (With respect to the etymological signification of the name, cf. pike.)] The fish Esox lucius; the pike or luce.
1324–5Durham MS. Cell. Roll, In j Gedde et lx Lamprouns. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 576 And with his handys quhile he wrocht Gynnys, to tak geddis & salmonys. 1572Sempill in Satir. Poems Reform. xxx. 90 Thay beand beistis that hes bene men befoir, Compairit with Gedds that dois thair fry deuoir. 1680Sir G. Mackenzie Sci. Her. 61 Ged of that ilk. Azur, 3. Geds or Pyks hauriant argent. 1775L. Shaw Hist. Moray 78 It [the river Lossie] abounds with Pykes or Gidds. 1787Burns Tam Samson vi, Eels well kend for souple tail, And Geds for greed. 1840W. Hay in Mod. Scot. Poets XV. 131 Bullsegs will wave their nigger pows and geds will bite again. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago III. 16 He is now eating like any ged. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Ged, the pike fish. |