Etymology

gue

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Today it means: A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands. Full definition →

Old Norse gígja
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromgígja
  2. English todaygue

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Norse gígja. If so, doublet of gigue.

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