*gbl: 'to be massive, solid; to form, create'
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PWS *gbl 'to be massive, solid' (Kogan 2015: 426 note 1223 apud SEDonline 1257). SEDonline 1257 also sets here Arb. ǯibill- 'great company of men' (Lane 375) and Tgr. gäbbälä 'to gather booty' (WTS 582). Cf. 1044 *gVbVl- 'mountain' 1, 'boundary, border' 2.
Updated 25 October 2026