Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GITEL, v. Expl. as “to walk in a feeble, loose-limbed fashion.”Ork. 1930 Orcadian (13 Feb.):
That boy's a peur gitelan' ting o' a boy.
