Staff G of the English Wordbook.
Tongueshortenings:
- NE = New English
- ENE = Early New English
- ME = Middle English
- OE = Old English
- SC = Scots
- WF = West Frish
- NF = North Frish
- SF = Saterlandish Frish
- WO = Wangeroogish
- WLG = West Low Thetch
- EFLS = East Frish Low Saxish
- ELG = East Low Thetch
- NL = Netherlandish
- AF = Afrikaans
- NHG = New High Thetch
- IL = Icelandish
- HIL = High Icelandish
- FO = Faroish
- NO = Nornish
- SW = Swedish
- DN = Danish
- MLG = Middle Low Thetch
- MNL = Middle Netherlandish
- MHG = Middle High Thetch
- OF = Old Frish
- OS = Old Saxish
- OHG = Old High Thetch
- ON = Old Norse
- GO = Gottish
- PWG = Or-West-Theedish
- PG = Or-Theedish
Other shortenings:
- [ᛣ] = Loanwend
- [ᚹ] = Widened meaning given to a word for the sake of Anglish
- [ᛏ] = Transitive
- [ᚾ] = Intransitive
- [ᚩ] = Old and dead meaning of a living word
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Offshortenings.
Staffs under English Wordbook/G:
Ga Gb Gc Gd
Ge Gf Gg Gh
Gi Gj Gk Gl Gm Gn Go Gp Gq Gr Gs Gt Gu Gv
Gw Gx Gy Gz
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| Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
| Attested | Unattested | |||
Ga[] | ||||
| gabbling | adj | babbling | gossipy | |
| galactic | adj | - | starsetly | |
| galactose | n | - | brainsweet | |
| galaxy | n | Milky Way | starset
spiral: starswirl | |
| gallant | adj | doughty | - | |
| gallantry | n | - | thaneship (‹OE þegenscipe) | |
| galleon | n | - | fleetship, oarsteed | |
| gallery | n | hallway, hall, room(s) | listern (< OE list + OE -ærn), crafthall | |
| galley | n | - | cookroom; oarship | |
| garage | n | - | roadhut, wainhold, wainshed, wagonshed | |
| garden (Frankish origin) | n | grove, (green)yard | wortyard (‹OE wyrtgeard), wortton | |
| gardener (Frankish origin) | n | green thumb, handyman, groundsman, yard man, tiller; earthling | grover, wortward, blossom thriver | |
| gargle | vb | - | gurgle (cf. NHG gurgeln) | |
| gargoyle | n | - | waterspewer (cf. NL waterspuwer; NHG Wasserspeier) | |
| garland | n | wreath, tire, helm | bee | |
| garments | n | clothes, cladding, clothing; -wear | - | |
| garrulous | adj | long-winded, talksome, wordy | - | |
| gas | n | wind | mist | |
| gasoline | n | - | benzin (cf. IL bensín) | |
| gash | n | - | dolk (<OE) | |
| gastrolith | n | - | mawstone | |
| gay | adj | blithe, blithesome, blissful, blissome, merry, happy | samekindloving | |
| gazebo | n | summerhouse | openhouse, walless house | |
Ge[] | ||||
| gecko | n | - | leetherask (<OE hléoðor) | |
| gelatin | n | - | foodlime ([ᛣ]: IL matarlím) | |
| gem | n | stone | imm (‹ME yimme), arkenstone (‹OE eorcnanstān), hurst (‹OE hyrst), athelstone ([ᛣ]: WF ealstien) | |
| gender | n | kind | hoad (<OE hād <PG *haiduz “appearance, kind”)
of nouns: kin (<OE cynn) | |
| gene | n | - | kinth, shedling, seedrune | |
| genealogy | n | birth book, strain book; strains, blood lines, breeding, stock |
folktale (‹OE folctalu), kinreckonness (<OE cynnrecceniss), kinlore, streenlore, elderlore, forelderlore | |
| general | n | - | harteamer (‹OE heretēma), ferdlord, harleader ([ᛣ]: NHG Heerführer) | |
| general | adj | whole; broad, overall, rough, widespread, mean (obs.) | ally (‹OE eallīc), armen (‹OE eormen), kindly, kinly | |
| generality | n | the whole; breadth | meanliness (<OE gemǣnelicnes) | |
| generally | adv | broadly, mainly, mostly, on the whole, overall; roughly; widely; by and stour | meanly | |
| generate | vb | make, give rise to; beget, breed | - | |
| generation | n | time, days, lifetime, span; wave, crop, batch; breeding, begetting | strind (‹ME strīnde), streen (‹ME strẹ̄n), kneeris (‹OE cnēoris), breedstock, kith-end (<SC) | |
| generic | adj | wide, sweeping, broad-brush, overall | - | |
| generous | adj | kind, openhanded, free giving | givel, yivel (<OE gifol) | |
| generously | adv | kindly, handsomely, freely | givelly, yivelly | |
| genesis | n | beginning, start | - | |
| genetics | n | - | kinthlore, kindlore | |
| genial | adj | mellow, nice, sweet; hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey, neighbourly, warm-hearted; mild, soft | lithe | |
| genie | n | - | sand troll, wishghost | |
| genital | adj | - | birthly, breedly, bearingly | |
| genitals | n | kind | birthlies, breedlies, bearers | |
| genitive case | n | Common inflections: ‘s, -s, -st, -ne, -nce, -r Show words:
Built words:
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ownenly (‹OE āgniendlīc), whosefall (refer to German Wesfall/Wessenfall); begetting, belonging, kindly(?) | |
| genius | n | brain; brainwright, head, knack; bright spark, whiz; leaning. 2, brainmight | wittle, witling | |
| Genji (era) | n | - | Erelaw | |
| genocide | n | kinslayer | kinslaughter, folkslaughter, bulkslaughter, folkmurther, folkmorth ([ᛣ]: NHG Völkermord) | |
| genome | n | bequest, growthplot, seedrunebook | - | |
| genre | n | kind, kin | writkind, gading (‹NHG Gattung) | |
| gentle | adj | light, mellow, mild, soft, soothing | smolt (‹ME smolt), lithe (‹ME līthe), frithly (‹OE friþlīc) | |
| gentleman | n | lord, lording (archaic); fellow | her (‹ME herre; cf. NL heer, SW herre) | |
| gentry | n | - | goodteam | |
| genuflect | vb | kneel | kneebow, kneebend | |
| genuine | adj | soothfast, sound, true, sterling; heartfelt, earnest; straightforward | - | |
| geography | n | landscape | landlore | |
| geology | n | - | earthlore | |
| geometry | n | - | shapelore, earthcraft (‹OE eorþcræft) | |
| geostationary | adj | - | sporefast | |
| geothermal | adj | - | earthwarmed | |
| geranium | n | cranesbill | - | |
| gerbil | n | - | leaprat | |
| geriatric | n | long-lived, over-the-hill | forolden | |
| germ | n | bug (colloquial) | buggle (bug+le) | |
| German | adj(p) | Deutsch | Theech, Thech, Dutch, High Theech, High Dutch (see NHG hochdeutsch) | |
| Germanic | adj(p) | - | Germanish, Theedish (cf. OE þēodisc) | |
| Germany | n(p) | Deutschland | Theechland, Dutchland | |
| germinate | vb | bud, sprout, shoot, blossom, burst forth, grow up, put forth, take root, spring up | - | |
| gestational | adj | - | bearingly, bearingsome | |
| gesture | n/vb | beckon, flag, wave | shrithing; hoveliness | |
| gesundheit (‹NHG) | n | bless you | - | |
Gi[] | ||||
| giant | n | ettin/etten | ent (‹OE eont/ent) | |
| gigantic | adj | - | entish (‹OE entisc) | |
| giga-annum (a billion years) | n | - | trisandyear | |
| gimlet | n | auger | - | |
| gingiva | n | gum, teeth('s) flesh | - | |
| gingko | n | - | maidenhairwood (cf. NHG Mädchenhaarbaum), maidenhair (tree) | |
| give (‹ON) | vb | - | yeave (‹ME yēven), yive (‹ME yiven) | |
Gl[] | ||||
| glacial | adj | icy, biting, cold, freezing, raw, chill, frosty | - | |
| glacier | n | - | icklehead (‹ME ikel), icebarrow ([ᛣ]: WF iisberch, NL ijsberg) | |
| gland | n | - | kernel (‹ME kirnel) | |
| glans | n | - | pintlehead, tarsehead, oakle ([ᛣ]: NHG Eichel), acorn | |
| global | adj | worldwide; broad-brush, overall | - | |
| globalization | n | - | oneworldness, worldspanning, beworlding | |
| globe | n | world, earth | thother (‹OE þōþer), worldball (cf. NL wereldbol) | |
| glockenspiel | n | bells | bellspiller, bellplayer | |
| glorious | adj | bright, shining; wonderful, heavenly | thrumfast (‹OE þrymfæst), thrumful (‹OE þrymfull), thrumly (‹OE þrymlīc), wolderful (‹OE wuldorfull), woldry (‹OE wuldrig) | |
| glory | n | - |
mearth (‹ME mērthe), oar (‹OE ár), wulder (‹OE wuldor), reeth (‹OE hrēþ) in war: ashtire (‹OE æsctīr) | |
| glucose | n | - | mustsweet | |
| glue | vb | stick, fasten, lock | - | |
| glue | n | lime | sticker, stickiness, lock | |
| gluttony | n | greed | ettleness (‹OE etolness), fill | |
| glycerine | n | - | sweetlime | |
| glycogen | n | - | sinewsweet | |
Gn[] | ||||
| gnome | n | elf, dwarf, puck, manikin; ghost, fiend | - | |
Go[] | ||||
| goblin | n | kobold | puck, puckle, covold ([ᛣ]: NHG Kobold < Koben "cove" + *Holt "goblin") | |
| goddess | n | - | gidden (‹OE gyden), godden | |
| godaunt | n | - | godmodry | |
| godparent | n | godfather; godmother; godsib | godalder, godkennend | |
| goduncle | n | - | godeam | |
| goitre | n | - | swellthroat | |
| googolplex | n | - | googolfold | |
| gorilla | n | - | brawnape | |
| gossamer | adj | thin, flimsy | - | |
| gossip | n | - | clishmaclaver (‹SC), clish-clash (‹SC) | |
| Götaland (‹SW) | n(p) | Geatland | Yeatland (‹OE gēat), Wethermark (‹OE Wedermearc) | |
| gout | n | - | footadle (‹OE fōtādl) | |
| govern | vb | lead, hold sway over | rede, sway (arch), steer, rich | |
| governor | n | reeve; head, leader | helmsman, highthane, folk leader | |
| government | n | oversight, stewardship, leadership | ledeward (‹OE lēodweard), lawmoot, redeship, elderdom | |
Gp[] | ||||
| GPS | n | earth-finder | stead-finder | |
Gr[] | ||||
| grace | n | meed; kindness; handsomeness | hield (‹ME hẹ̄lde), giveness (‹OE gifnes), hoveliness; frith (OED) | |
| grace | vb | - | beworth (‹OE beweorþian) | |
| gracious | adj | wellbred, sweet | hend (‹ME hẹ̄nde), eesty (‹OE ēstig), swease (‹OE swǣs); openhanded | |
| gradual | adj | steady, even, unhurried | - | |
| gradually | adv | step by step, little by little, bit by bit, steply, stepwise | stepmeal (<OE stæpmǽlum) | |
| grain | n | corn | - | |
| grallatores | n | waders | - | |
| gram | n | - | bit | |
| grammar | n | speechcraft | staffcraft (<OE stæfcræft), wordlaw | |
| gramophone | n | - | trindplayer (cf. NL platenspeler, NHG Plattenspieler) | |
| granary | n | barn, cornhouse (archaic) | - | |
| grand | adj | great, lofty, lordly | swith good | |
| grand piano | n | - | flile ([ᛣ]: NL vleugel, NHG Flügel) | |
| grandaunt | n | - | parent's fatherly: eldfathe, greatfathe (‹OE faðu; see ME fathasunu), eldfathersister
parent's motherly: eldmodry, greatmodry (‹ME moddri), eldmothersister | |
| grandchild | n | neve (m) (obsolete), nift (f) (obsolete) | greatchild, barnbarn (cf. SW barnbarn, IL barnabarn) | |
| granddaughter | n | nift | neven (‹OE nefene), greatdaughter, barndaughter
daughter of one's son: sonsdaughter daughter of one's daughter: daughterdaughter | |
| grandeur | n | greatness | - | |
| grandfather | n | eldfather | greatfather
fatherly: fatherfather ([ᛣ]: SW farfar) motherly: motherfather ([ᛣ]: SW morfar) | |
| grandiloquent | adj | highblown | speakle (‹OE sprecol) | |
| grandiose | adj | proud (likely from Old French); high-handed, lah-di-dah | - | |
| grandmother | n | eldmother | greatmother
fatherly: fathermother ([ᛣ]: SW farmor) motherly: mothermother ([ᛣ]: SW mormor) | |
| grandson | n | neve | greatson
son of one's son: sonson (‹OE sunsunu) son of one's daughter: daughterson (‹OE dohtorsunu) | |
| granduncle | n | - | eldeam ([ᛣ]: NL oudoom), greateam (cf. NHG Großoheim (obsolete))
parent's fatherly: eldfatherbrother ([ᛣ]: SW gammelfarbror) parent's motherly: eldmotherbrother ([ᛣ]: SW gammelmorbror) | |
| granite | n | - | cornstone, moorstone | |
| grant | vb | give, bestow | yeave (‹ME yēven) | |
| grape | n | - | wineberry (‹ME wīneberie), throve (‹PWG *þrūbō > EFLS drûuv, NL druif, NHG Traube) | |
| graphics tablet | n | drawing pad, writing pad | - | |
| graphite | n | lead | writstone | |
| grateful | adj | thankful | thankle (‹OE geþancol), queme | |
| gratitude | n | thank, thankfulness | - | |
| gratuitous | adj | free; needless, groundless, uncalled-for | - | |
| gravity | n | earnestness, heftiness, heaviness, weightfulness |
weightiness physics: weightpull, sweercraft ([ᛣ]: NHG Schwerkraft, NL zwaartekracht) | |
| great-granduncle | n | - | great-great-eam, eldeldeam
parent's fatherly: eldeldfatherbrother parent's motherly: eldeldmotherbrother | |
| great-uncle | n | - | great-eam (cf. NHG Großoheim (forolded)), eldeam (cf. NL oudoom)
parent's fatherly: eldfatherbrother (cf. SW gammelfarbror) parent's motherly: eldmotherbrother (cf. SW gammelmorbror) | |
| Greece | (p)n | Greekland (<ME Grēklōnd <OE Grēcland) | - | |
| Greek | adj(p) | - | Greekish (‹ME Grēkish) | |
| grenade | n | - | springapple | |
| gridiron | n | - | bakering | |
| grief | n | ruth, heartache, sorrow | - | |
| grieve | vb | rue, weep, mourn, sorrow, bemoan | - | |
| grievous | adj | sorrowful | - | |
| grill | vb | - | breed (‹ME brēden; cf. WF briede) | |
| grocer | n | - | greenmonger | |
| groin | n | lisk | - | |
| group | n | set, gathering, crowd, team, gang, cluster, crop, flock, shoal, fay | samming (‹OE samnung, cf. NE sam) | |
| gruel | n | - | watermush | |
| grume | n | clot | - | |
| grunkle | n | - | eldeam (cf. NL oudoom), gream (< greateam)
parent's fatherly: eldfatheream parent's motherly: eldmotheream | |
Gu[] | ||||
| guano | n | dung | batshit | |
| guarantee | vb/n | vb: ice
n: bond, deal |
weir (<OE 'fence, enclosure'), munding (<OE mund 'hand palm, trust') | |
| guard | vb | watch for, shield, shelter; ward off | bewatch (<NE, cf. NHG bewachen) | |
| guardian | n | keeper, warder, ward | holdend (<OE healdend), shieldend (<OE scildend), wardsman, swinward | |
| guava | n | - | pearberry, wava | |
| guerilla | n | - | werrock (< PWG *werru "disorder, disturbance, quarrel" + -ock (diminutive suffix)) | |
| guide | vb | show the way, lead, steer | wise (Eng. dialectal) (cf. ELG wiesen, NL wijzen, NHG weisen) | |
| guide | n | leader | lodesman (‹ME lōdesman), lattew (‹ME latteu), wiser | |
| guillotine | n | headcutter | fallaxe ([ᛣ]: NL valbijl), bladefaller, Guillotin's deathrig (the Guillotine was named after the man who invented it), swiftkiller, beheading tool | |
| guitar | n | - | gamewood (cf. OE gamenwudu), harpfiddle | |
| guerrilla | n | - | blast uprising, bushwhacking, bushfighting | |
| guest (‹ON) | n | - | yest (‹OE gest) | |
| guinea pig | n | - | seapig ([ᛣ]: NO ⁊ SW marsvin), gnawpig ([ᛣ]: IL naggrís) | |
| gulf | n | bight, cove | ferseath (‹OE fǣrsēaþ) | |
| Gulf of Bothnia | n(p) | - | Bottoms’ Bight | |
| gullet | n | swallow, weasand, throat; craw, maw | chell (‹ME chelle/cholle) | |
| gully | n | ditch, wash, cut, draw (shallow) | - | |
| gulp (From English imitative or Flemish or Dutch (prob imitative) source) | vb | - | overswallow | |
| gunpowder | n | - | gundust, blackdust (cf. NE black powder) | |
| guy | n | fellow; man, boy, knave, lad | - | |
Gy[] | ||||
| gymnasium | n | - | playstow (‹OE plegstōw), larkhouse, nimblehouse | |
| gymnast | n | - | playman (‹OE plegmann), nimblecrafter, nimbleplayer ([ᛣ]: IL fimleikari) | |
| gymnastics | n | - | nimblecraft, nimbleplay ([ᛣ]: IL fimleikar) | |
| gynoid | n | - | womanhue, shehue (cf. Ferngreekish γυνή 'woman' and εἶδος 'shape') | |
| gynoid | adj | womanly, ladylike | - | |
| gyroscope | n | - | shiftop, ringwatcher | |