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Revision as of 13:55, 30 July 2021
Staff G of the English Wordbook.
Basic abbreviations:
- OE = Old English
- ME = Middle English
- SC = Scots
- WF = West Frish
- NF = North Frish
- SF = Saterlandish Frish
- WLG = West Low Theech
- ELG = East Low Theech
- NL = Netherlandish
- NHG = New High Theech
- IC = Icelandish
- HIC = High Icelandish
- NO = Nornish
- SW = Swedish
- DN = Danish
- MLG = Middle Low Theech
- MNL = Middle Netherlandish
- MHG = Middle High Theech
- OF = Old Frish
- OS = Old Saxish
- OHG = Old High Theech
- ON = Old Norse
- GO = Gottish
- PWG = Or-West-Theedish
- PG = Or-Theedish
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
*Note: If you click on one of the links above, and nothing happens, then that means no words have been put forth for that bookstaff as of yet.
Chancery English | Class | Anglish/English | ||
Attested | Unattested | |||
gabbling | adj | babbling | tungy, gossipy | |
galactose | n | - | brainsweet | |
galaxy | n | spiral: starswirl; Milky Way | starset | |
galleon | n | - | fleetship, oarsteed | |
gallery | n | hallway, hall, room(s) | crafthall, Roufrithsoned Engliſh: bilithry | |
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 | grover, wortward | |
gargle | vb | gurgle (cf. NHG gurgeln) | ||
gargoyle | n | - | waterspewer (cf. NHG Wasserspeier; Du. waterspuwer) | |
garland | n | wreath, helm | bee | |
garments | n | clothes, cladding, wearing, clothing | - | |
garrulous | adj | long-winded, wordiness, talksome, wordy | - | |
gas | n | wind | loft | |
gash | n | - | dolk (O.E.) | |
gastrolith | n | - | mawstone | |
gay (Frankish origin) | adj | blithe, blithesome, blissful, blissome, merry, happy | gough (<PG ganhuz) samekindloving, samekindlover; fellowbedder | |
gazebo | n | summerhouse | openhouse, walless house | |
gecko | n | - | leather athex (< OE hléoðor 'sound voice song-hearing') | |
gelatin | n | - | foodstickler (Icelandic:Matarlím;lit:"food glue") | |
gem | n | stone | hurst (< OE hyrst), arkenstone (<OE eorcnanstān), athelstone (calque) | |
gender | n | - | hade (OE hād, PG *haiduz “appearance, kind”), kun (Ic. kyn “gender/sex”, PG *kunją) | |
gene | n | - | kinth, shedling, seedrune | |
genealogy | n | birth, blood line, breeding, stock |
folktale (< OE folctalu), kinreckonness (< OE cynnreccennes), kinlore, elderlore, forelderlore | |
general | n | - | hereteme (<OE heretēma) pl: heretemen (<OE heretēman), fyrdlord, lattew (<OE latteow), hereleader (cf. NHG Heerführer) | |
general | adj | whole; broad, overall, rough, widespread | ally (<OE eallic), armen (<OE eormen), mean (<OE mæn), kindly, kinly | |
generality | n | the whole; breadth | meanliness (<OE gemǽnelicnes) | |
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, breedstock, kith-end (Scots), kneeris (<OE cnēoris) pl: kneerisse (<cnēorissa) | |
generic | adj | wide, sweeping, broad-brush, overall | - | |
generous | adj | kind, openhanded, giving | givle (<OE gifol) | |
generously | adv | kindly, handsomely, freely | gively | |
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 | - | wishghost | |
genitive case | n | - | owningly (<OE agniendlic), whosefall (refer to German "Wesfall/Wessenfall") | |
genital | adj | - | birthly, breedly, bearingly | |
genitals | n | - | birthlies, breedlies, bearers | |
genius | n | brain; brainwright, head, knack; leaning. 2, brainmight | wittle | |
Genji (era) | n | - | Erelaw | |
genocide | n | kinslayer | kinslaughter, folkslaughter, bulkslaughter, folkmurther, stemslay, bloodquench | |
genome | n | bequest, growthplot, seedrunebook | - | |
genre | n | kind, kin | writkind | |
gentle | adj | light, mellow, mild, soft, soothing | smolt, lithe (<OE līþe), blithe (<OE blīþe) | |
gentleman | n | lord; fellow | athelman, hire (cf. Du. heer, Sw. herre) | |
gentry | n | goodteam | ||
genuflect | vb | kneel, kneebow, kneebend | - | |
genuine | adj | sound, true, sterling; heartfelt, earnest; straightforward, upfront | eahaft/eaght (<NHG echt) | |
geography | n | landscape |
earthlore (cf. NHG Erdkunde), landfrod (cf. Ic. landafræði) | |
geology | n | - | earthfrod (cf. Ic. jarðfræði), earthcraft (<OE eorþcræft) | |
geometry | n | - | shapelore, nooklore, landmete, earthcraft (<OE eorþcræft) | |
geostationary | adj | - | sporfixed | |
geothermal | adj | - | earthwarmed | |
geranium | n | cranesbill | - | |
gerbil | n | - | leaprat | |
geriatric | n | long-lived, over-the-hill | forolden | |
germ | n | bug(colloqial) | buggle (bug+le) | |
German | adj | Deutsch | Theech/Thech, Dutch, High Theech/High Dutch (see German Hochdeutsch) | |
Germanic | adj | Germanish | Theedish/Thedish (cf. OE Þeodisc) | |
Germany | n | - | Theechland, Dutchland, Theedland, Teutonland | |
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 | n | bless you | soundness | |
giant | n | - | ettin, ent (<OE) | |
gigantic | adj | - | entish (<OE entisc) | |
gigannum (a billion years) | n | trisandyear | ||
gimlet | n | auger | - | |
gingiva | n | gum, teeth('s) flesh | - | |
gingko | n | - | maidenhairwood (cf. NHG Mädchenhaarbaum), maidenhair (tree) | |
give (only overset if getting rid of ON words too) | n | - | yive | |
glacial | adj | icy, biting, cold, freezing, raw, chill, frosty | - | |
glacier | n | iceway | icklehead (<OE gicel)
icebarrow (<Du. ijsberg) | |
gland | n | drooze | ||
glans | n | pintlehead, tarsehead, oakle, acorn | ||
global | adj | worldwide, broad-brush, overall | - | |
globalization | n | - | oneworldness, worldspanning, beworlding | |
globe | n | world, earth | worldball (cf. Du. wereldbol), earthkuggle (cf. NHG Erdkugel) | |
glorious | adj | bright, shining; wonderful, heavenly |
arsome, merthly, wuldersome, thrymfast (<OE þrymfæst), hoarly (cf. NHG herrlich) (see Eng. hoar), woldry (<OE wuldriġ) | |
glory | n | - |
oar (<OE ár), merth (<OE mærþ), wulder (<OE wuldor), reeth (<OE hrēþ) in war: ashtire (<OE æsctīr) | |
glucose | n | - | mustsweet | |
glue | vb | stick, fix, seal, fasten, lock |
clithe (cf. OE cliða) | |
glue | n | lime, sticker, stickiness, lock | - | |
gluttony | n | greed | fill | |
glycerine | n | - | sweetlime | |
glycogeen | n | - | sinewsweet | |
gnome | n | elf, dwarf, manikin, ghost, fiend | - | |
goblin | n | kobold | covold (cf. NHG Kobolt -> Koben (cove) + Holt (hold)), puckle | |
goddess | n | - | goddin/gidden (<OE gyden) | |
godparent | n | godfather, godmother | godsib, godelder | |
goitre | n | - | swellthroat | |
go on an expedition | phr | - | fierd (<OE fierdian) | |
gorilla | n | - | brawnape | |
gossamer | adj | thin, flimsy | - | |
gossip | n | clishmaclaver (<SC), clish-clash (<SC) | ||
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 | lawmoot, redeship, ledeward (<OE léodweard), steerwist (<OE stieran, "to steer, direct" + <OE -wist, "-ance, -ence, a suffix indicating being, state, condition")
steerwield, steerwald (<OE stieran + <OE wealdan, "to control, rule, manage") | |
grace | n | meed; kindness; handsomeness |
are ("ay-r" ety. 2), est, held (<OE), lity (OE wlitig) giveness (<OE gifnes), hoveliness; frith (OED) | |
grace | vb | - | beare (calque of NHG beehren) | |
gracious | adj | sweet, well-bread, mannerly, | arely; heldsome, open-handed, hende | |
gradual | adj | steady, even, unhurried | - | |
gradually | adv | step by step, little by little, bit by bit, steply, stepwise | stepmeal (<OE stæpmælum) | |
grain | n | corn | - | |
grallatores | n | waders | - | |
gram | n | bit | ||
grammar | n | speechcraft | staffcraft (<OE stæfcræft), wordlaw | |
gramophone | n | - | trindplayer (cf. Du. platenspeler, NHG Plattenspieler) | |
grand | adj | great, lofty, lordly | swith good | |
grandchild | n | neve (m), nift (f) | afterchildren
childchild (cf. SW barnbarn, Ic barnabarn) | |
granddaughter | n | nift | nefene (<OE nefene), afterdaughter, youngdaughter
daughter of one's son: sondaughter daughter of one's daughter: daughterdaughter | |
grandeur | n | greatness | ||
grandfather | n | - | eldfather (<OE ealdfæder)
paternal: fatherfather maternal: motherfather | |
grandiloquent | adj | - | speakle | |
grandiose | adj |
proud; high-handed, lah-di-dah |
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grandmother | n | - | greatmother, foremother, eldmother (<OE ealdmodor)
paternal: fathermother maternal: mothermother | |
grandson | n | neve | afterson, youngson
son of one's son: sonson son of one's daughter: daughterson | |
granite | n | - | moorstone | |
grant | vb | give, bestow | yive (cf. ME to give, twin word of give) | |
grape | n | - | droove (cf. Du. 'druif', NHG 'Traube'), wineberry | |
graphic | n | spelled out | bilthish (calque from Yiddish "bilderish") | |
graphics tablet | n | drawing pad, writing pad | - | |
graphite | n | lead | writstone | |
grateful | adj | thankful | queme, thankle | |
gratitude | n | thank, thankfulness | - | |
gratuitous | adj | free; needless, groundless, uncalled-for | - | |
gravity | n | earnestness, heftiness, heaviness, weightfulness |
weightiness physics: weightpull, sweercraft (calque of NHG Schwerkraft, Du. zwaartekracht) | |
great suffering | n | - | harmquale (<OE hearmcwalu) pl: harmquale (<OE hearmcwala) | |
grenade | n | - | springapple | |
gridiron | n | - | bakering | |
grief | n | ruth, heartache, sorrow | - | |
grieve | vb | rue, weep, mourn, sorrow, bemoan | - | |
grievous | adj | sorrowful | ||
grill | vb/n | roast | ||
grocer | n | -greenmonger | ||
groin | n | lisk | - | |
group | n | thede, fay, athering, crowd, team, gang, cluster, crop, flock, set, shoal | samming (<OE samnung, cf. Eng. sam (ety. 2)) | |
gruel | n | - | watermush | |
grume | n | clot | - | |
guano | n | dung | batshit | |
guarantee | vb/n | ice; n: bond, deal | weir (OE 'fence, enclosure') munding (OE mund 'hand palm, trust') | |
guard | v | watch for, shield, shelter; ward off | bewatch (Eng., cf. NHG bewachen) | |
guardian | n | keeper, warden, warder, ward | holdand, swinward | |
guava | n | - | pearberry, wava | |
guerilla | n | - | warrock (PG *warrō (strife, conflict) + *ukaz (diminutive suffix), OE wyrruc, OHG Werrih, NHG Wirrich) | |
guide (ultimately from Germanic language, but thorugh Old French) | vb/n | show the way, lead(er), steer | wise(r) (Eng. dialectal) (cf. NHG Weisen, O.Frank. witan) | |
guillotine | vb/n | headcutter | bladefaller, Guillotin's deathrig (the Guillotine was named after the man who invented it), swiftkiller, beheading tool, Wilhelm's deathrig (Guillotin is a form of Wilhelm) | |
guitar | n | - | harpfiddle | |
guerrilla | n | - | blast uprising, bushwhacking, bushfighting | |
guinea pig | n | - | seapig (cf. Norw. "marsvin"), gnawpig (cf. Ic. "nuggrís"), cavy (Galibi "cabiai ") | |
gulf | n | bight, cove | Meerbusen (German) | |
gullet | n | throat, craw, maw | - | |
gully | n | draw (shallow) | - | |
gulp (From English imitative or Flemish or Dutch (prob imitative) source) | vb | - | overswallow | |
gunpowder | n | - | gundust, blackdust (cf. Eng. black powder) | |
guy | n | fellow; man, boy, knave, lad | fellow-bedder, man-lover (guy = “homosexual”) | |
gynoid | n | - | womanhue, shehue (cf. Greek gune 'woman' and oeidēs 'hue' (<OE hiw)) | |
gynoid | adj | womanly, ladylike | - | |
gyroscope | n | - | shiftop, ringwatcher |