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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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‡GELL, v.¹ Also geal, geel, geil, gale, gail. To tingle, to smart, ache with pain or cold (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1825 Jam., gail, gale, ‡1923 Watson W.-B.; Sh.¹¹, Cai.⁷ 1954, geil). Vbl.n. gealin', geelan, “the smarting of a sore, or of the skin in frosty weather” (Cai. 1940 John o' Groat Jnl. (15 March)). Also in n.Eng. dial. [gɛl, geil, gel]Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 49:
The growlan fish wives hoise their creels, Set a' their banes a-gelling.Ayr. 1887 J. Service Dr Duguid 172:
I'll wadd the hurdies of ane of them at least gelled for the rest of that nicht.Cai.¹ 1928:
Me throt's gealin: A can hardly heauch.