geddie, geddy, geddernouna boy or sonla19-20. etymology: origin obscure; perhaps a diminutive of ged1; form geddie also collected by EMcC/PS; attested by JS, BS in TDITA, SS and DW in DB; all forms collected by RDnote:
Canadian Paul Pope (2013) cites the forms geddie, gheddi ‘a boy’, ‘a son’ ‘a youth’.