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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1879

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GÜDIE, GØDI, n. Liver-oil used in the old-fashioned open lamp or collie (see Collie, n.2); “liver-oil collected on decayed fish-livers” (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), gødi s.v. gøti), used as manure (Sh. 1955). [′g(j)ødi]Sh. 1879 Shetland Times (12 April):
More than one of the collies were upset, and several of the company copiously anointed with the güdie.

[Cf. Norw. dial. gyta, to pour, Dan. gyde, id., O.N. gjóta, to spawn.]

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