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{| style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background:transparent; border: 1px #cccccc solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"
  
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| rowspan="2" align="center" |'''Chancery English '''
  
| rowspan="2" align="center" |'''Chancery English '''
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|'''galaxy'''
  
|'''galaxy'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
|''spiral:'' starswirl; Milky Way
 +
|''spiral:'' starswirl; Milky Way
 
|starset
  
|starset
 
|-
  
|-
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-
  
-
 
| cookroom; oarship
  
| cookroom; oarship
⚫
|-
  
⚫
|'''gallium'''
  
⚫
|''n''
  
−
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
  
−
|frankstuff
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''garage'''
  
|'''garage'''
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|roadhut, wainhold, wainshed, wagonshed
  
|roadhut, wainhold, wainshed, wagonshed
 
|-
  
|-
−
|'''garden
+
|'''garden (Frankish origin)'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
|grove, (green)yard
  
|grove, (green)yard
 
| wortyard (< OE wyrtgeard) wortton
  
| wortyard (< OE wyrtgeard) wortton
 
|-
  
|-
−
|'''gardener'''
 +
|'''gardener (Frankish origin)'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| green thumb, handyman
  
| green thumb, handyman
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
  
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
−
|waterspewer (cf. NHG Wasserspeier; Du. waterspuwer)
 +
|waterspewer (cf. NHG Wasserspeier; Du. waterspuwer)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''garland'''
  
|'''garland'''
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|mawstone
  
|mawstone
 
|-
  
|-
−
|'''gay'''
 +
|'''gay (Frankish origin)'''
 
|''adj''
  
|''adj''
 
|blithe, blithesome, blissful, blissome, merry, happy
  
|blithe, blithesome, blissful, blissome, merry, happy
−
| samekindloving, samekindlover; fellowbedder
 +
|gough (<PG ganhuz) samekindloving, samekindlover; fellowbedder
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gazebo'''
  
|'''gazebo'''
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|summerhouse
  
|summerhouse
 
| openhouse, walless house
  
| openhouse, walless house
  ⚫
|-
  ⚫
|'''Geat'''
  ⚫
|''n''
  +
|Gate (Jute)
  ⚫
| -
  ⚫
|-
  ⚫
|'''Geatland'''
  ⚫
|''n''
  ⚫
|
  +
|Gateland (Jutland)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gecko'''
  
|'''gecko'''
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| stone
  
| stone
−
|hurst (< OE hyrst), arkenstone (<OE eorcnanstān), athelstone (''calque'')
 +
|hurst (< OE hyrst), arkenstone (<OE eorcnanstān), athelstone (''calque'')
 
|-
  
|-
 
| '''gender'''
  
| '''gender'''
 
| ''n''
  
| ''n''
 
| -
  
| -
  +
|'''hade''' (OE ''hād'', PG ''*haiduz'' “appearance, kind”), '''kun''' (Ic. ''kyn'' “gender/sex”, PG ''*kunją'')
−
| asleye (< "a-" + ME "sleye" cf. NHG Geschlecht, Du geslacht)
  
−  
−
hade (from Old English ''hād'', from Proto-Germanic ''*haiduz'' (“appearance, kind”)
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gene'''
  
|'''gene'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| -
  
| -
−
| kinth, shedling
 +
| kinth, shedling, seedrune
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''genealogy'''
  
|'''genealogy'''
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| -
  
| -
−
|hereteme (<OE heretēma) ''pl: ''heretemen (<OE heretēman), fyrdlord, lattew (<OE latteow), hereleader (cf. NHG Heerführer)
 +
|hereteme (<OE heretēma) ''pl: ''heretemen (<OE heretēman), fyrdlord, lattew (<OE latteow), hereleader (cf. NHG Heerführer)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''general'''
  
|'''general'''
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
|time, days, lifetime, span; wave, crop, batch; breeding, begetting
  
|time, days, lifetime, span; wave, crop, batch; breeding, begetting
−
|strind, breedstock, kith-end ''(Scots)''<span style="font-size:12.35px;">,</span><span style="font-size:11.7325px;"> kneeris (<OE cnēoris) </span>''pl: ''<span style="font-size:11.7325px;"> kneerisse (<cnēorissa)</span>
 +
|strind, breedstock, kith-end ''(Scots)''<span style="font-size:12.35px;">,</span><span style="font-size:11.7325px;"> kneeris (<OE cnēoris) </span>''pl: ''<span style="font-size:11.7325px;"> kneerisse (<cnēorissa)</span>
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''generic'''
  
|'''generic'''
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|'''genial'''
  
|'''genial'''
 
|''adj''
  
|''adj''
−
|mellow, nice, sweet; hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey, neighbourly, warm-hearted; mild, soft
 +
|mellow, nice, sweet; hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey, neighbourly, warm-hearted; mild, soft
 
| lithe
  
| lithe
 
|-
  
|-
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| -
  
| -
 
|owningly (<OE agniendlic), whosefall (refer to German "Wesfall/Wessenfall")
  
|owningly (<OE agniendlic), whosefall (refer to German "Wesfall/Wessenfall")
  ⚫
|-
  ⚫
|'''genital'''
  ⚫
|''adj''
  ⚫
| -
  +
|birthly, breedly, bearingly
  ⚫
|-
  +
|'''genitals'''
  +
|''n''
  +
| -
  +
|birthlies, breedlies, bearers
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''genius'''
  
|'''genius'''
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| wittle
  
| wittle
 
|-
  
|-
−
|'''genocide'''
 +
|'''Genji (era)'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| -
  
| -
  +
|Erelaw
⚫
|kinslaughter, folkslaughter, bulkslaughter, folkmurth
  
  +
|-
  +
|'''genocide'''
  +
|''n''
  +
| kinslayer
  ⚫
|kinslaughter, folkslaughter, bulkslaughter, folkmurther, stemslay, bloodquench
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''genome'''
  
|'''genome'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
|bequest, growthplot
 +
|bequest, growthplot, seedrunebook
 
| -
  
| -
  +
|-
  +
|'''genre'''
  +
|''n''
  +
|kind, kin
  +
| writkind
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gentle'''
  
|'''gentle'''
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|lord; fellow
  
|lord; fellow
 
| athelman, hire (cf. Du. heer, Sw. herre)
  
| athelman, hire (cf. Du. heer, Sw. herre)
  +
|-
  +
|gentry
  +
|''n''
  +
|
  +
|goodteam
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''genuflect'''
  
|'''genuflect'''
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| Germanish
  
| Germanish
 
|Theedish/Thedish (cf. OE Þeodisc)
  
|Theedish/Thedish (cf. OE Þeodisc)
⚫
|-
  
⚫
|'''germanium'''
  
⚫
|''n''
  
−
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
  
−
|theedstuff
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''Germany'''
  
|'''Germany'''
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| bless you
  
| bless you
  +
| soundness
⚫
| -
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''giant'''
  
|'''giant'''
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|maidenhairwood (cf. NHG Mädchenhaarbaum), maidenhair (tree)
  
|maidenhairwood (cf. NHG Mädchenhaarbaum), maidenhair (tree)
 
|-
  
|-
  ⚫
|'''give (only overset if getting rid of ON words too)'''
⚫
|'''giraffe'''
  
⚫
|''n''
  
⚫
| -
  
−
|reachneck, olfhorse/olvendhorse (calque Af. kameelperd)
  
⚫
|-
  
⚫
|'''give (only overset if getting rid of ON words too)'''
  
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| -
  
| -
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|'''glacier'''
  
|'''glacier'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
| -
 +
| iceway
 
| icklehead (<OE gicel)
  
| icklehead (<OE gicel)
 
icebarrow (<Du. ijsberg)
  
icebarrow (<Du. ijsberg)
  +
|-
  +
|'''gland'''
  +
|''n''
  +
|
  +
|{{wikt|Drüse|drooze}}
  +
|-
  +
|'''glans'''
  +
|''n''
  +
|
  +
|pintlehead, tarsehead, {{wikt|Eichel|oakle}}, acorn
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''global'''
  
|'''global'''
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| bright, shining; wonderful, heavenly
  
| bright, shining; wonderful, heavenly
 
|
  
|
−
arsome, merthly, wuldersome, thrymfast (<OE <span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:95%;">þrymfæst),</span> hoarly (cf. NHG herrlich) ''(see Eng. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoar#English hoar]),'' woldry (<OE wuldriġ)
 +
arsome, merthly, wuldersome, thrymfast (<OE <span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:95%;">þrymfæst),</span> hoarly (cf. NHG herrlich) ''(see Eng. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoar#English hoar]),'' woldry (<OE wuldriġ)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''glory'''
  
|'''glory'''
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|thin, flimsy
  
|thin, flimsy
 
| -
  
| -
  +
|-
  +
|'''gossip'''
  +
|''n''
  +
|clishmaclaver (<SC), clish-clash (<SC)
  +
|
  +
|-
  +
|'''Götaland'''
  +
|''n''
  +
|Gothenland
  +
|Gothland (cf ON Gautr)
  +
|-
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gout'''
  
|'''gout'''
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|''vb''
  
|''vb''
 
|lead, hold sway over
  
|lead, hold sway over
−
|rede, sway ''(arch)'', steer, rike
 +
|rede, sway ''(arch)'', steer, rich
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''governor'''
  
|'''governor'''
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|'''government'''
  
|'''government'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
| oversight, stewardship, leadership
 +
|oversight, stewardship, leadership
  +
|lawmoot, redeship, ledeward (<OE léodweard), [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elderdom elderdom]
−
|reevedom; steerdom, lawmoot, redeship, ledeward (<OE léodweard), elderdom (<German:Altertum), stjorn (Icelandic:stjórn), steerwist (<OE ''stieran'', "to steer, guide (a vessel), direct" + <OE ''-wist'', "-ance, -ence, a suffix indicating being, state, condition")
  
−  
−
steerwield, steerwald (<OE ''stieran'' + <OE ''wealdan'', "to control, rule, manage")
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''GPS'''
  
|'''GPS'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
| earth-finder
 +
|earth-finder
  +
|stead-finder
⚫
|
  
−
WSF (Worldwide Steadfinding Framework); steadfinder (i.e. the device)
  
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grace'''
  
|'''grace'''
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|'''gracious'''
  
|'''gracious'''
 
|''adj''
  
|''adj''
−
| sweet, well-bread, mannerly,
 +
|sweet, well-bread, mannerly,
 
|arely; heldsome, open-handed, hende
  
|arely; heldsome, open-handed, hende
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''gradually'''
  
|'''gradually'''
 
|''adv''
  
|''adv''
−
|step by step, little by little, bit by bit, steply, stepwise
 +
| step by step, little by little, bit by bit, steply, stepwise
 
|stepmeal (<OE stæpmælum)
  
|stepmeal (<OE stæpmælum)
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''grammar'''
  
|'''grammar'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
  +
|speechcraft
⚫
| -
  
−
|[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speechcraft speechcraft], staffcraft (<OE ''stæfcræft''), wordlaw
 +
|staffcraft (<OE ''stæfcræft''), wordlaw
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gramophone'''
  
|'''gramophone'''
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|''adj''
  
|''adj''
 
|great, lofty, lordly
  
|great, lofty, lordly
−
| swith good
 +
|swith good
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grandchild'''
  
|'''grandchild'''
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|neve (m), nift (f)
  
|neve (m), nift (f)
 
|afterchildren
  
|afterchildren
  +
childchild (cf. SW barnbarn, Ic barnabarn)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''granddaughter'''
  
|'''granddaughter'''
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|nift
  
|nift
 
|nefene (<OE nefene), afterdaughter, youngdaughter
  
|nefene (<OE nefene), afterdaughter, youngdaughter
  +
''daughter of one's son'': sondaughter
  +
  +
''daughter of one's daughter'': daughterdaughter
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grandeur'''
  
|'''grandeur'''
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| -
  
| -
 
|eldfather (<OE ''ealdfæder'')
  
|eldfather (<OE ''ealdfæder'')
  +
''paternal'': fatherfather
  +
  +
''maternal'': motherfather
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grandiloquent'''
  
|'''grandiloquent'''
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| -
  
| -
 
|greatmother, foremother, eldmother (<OE ''ealdmodor'')
  
|greatmother, foremother, eldmother (<OE ''ealdmodor'')
  +
''paternal'': fathermother
  +
  +
''maternal'': mothermother
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grandson'''
  
|'''grandson'''
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|neve
  
|neve
 
|afterson, youngson
  
|afterson, youngson
  +
''son of one's son'': sonson
  +
  +
''son of one's daughter'': daughterson
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''granite'''
  
|'''granite'''
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|-
  
|-
 
|'''graphic'''
  
|'''graphic'''
−
| ''n''
 +
|''n''
 
| spelled out
  
| spelled out
−
|bilthish (calque from Yiddish "bilderish")
 +
| bilthish (calque from Yiddish "bilderish")
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''graphics tablet'''
  
|'''graphics tablet'''
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|'''graphite'''
  
|'''graphite'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
| lead
 +
|lead
 
|writstone
  
|writstone
 
|-
  
|-
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|''adj''
  
|''adj''
 
|thankful
  
|thankful
−
| queme, thankle
 +
|queme, thankle
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gratitude'''
  
|'''gratitude'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
|thank, thankfulness
 +
| thank, thankfulness
 
| -
  
| -
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''gravity'''
  
|'''gravity'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
| earnestness, heftiness, heaviness, weightfulness
 +
|earnestness, heftiness, heaviness, weightfulness
 
|
  
|
 
weightiness
  
weightiness
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''physics:'' weightpull, sweercraft (calque of NHG Schwerkraft, Du. zwaartekracht)
  
''physics:'' weightpull, sweercraft (calque of NHG Schwerkraft, Du. zwaartekracht)
 
|-
  
|-
−
| '''great suffering'''
 +
|'''great suffering'''
−
| ''n''
 +
|''n''
 
| -
  
| -
−
| harmquale (<OE hearmcwalu) ''pl:'' harmquale (<OE hearmcwala)
 +
|harmquale (<OE hearmcwalu) ''pl:'' harmquale (<OE hearmcwala)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grenade'''
  
|'''grenade'''
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|'''groin'''
  
|'''groin'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
|lisk
 +
| lisk
 
| -
  
| -
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''group '''
  
|'''group '''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
|thede, fay, athering, crowd, team, gang, cluster, crop, flock, set, shoal
 +
| thede, fay, athering, crowd, team, gang, cluster, crop, flock, set, shoal
−
|samming (<OE samnung, cf. Eng. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sam#English sam] (ety. 2))
 +
| samming (<OE samnung, cf. Eng. [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sam#English sam] (ety. 2))
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gruel'''
  
|'''gruel'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
| -
  
| -
−
| watermush
 +
|watermush
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''grume'''
  
|'''grume'''
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
|dung
  
|dung
−
| batshit
 +
|batshit
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''guarantee'''
  
|'''guarantee'''
 
|''vb/n''
  
|''vb/n''
−
|ice; ''n:'' bond, deal
 +
|ice; ''n:'' bond, deal
 
|weir (OE 'fence, enclosure')<br />munding (OE mund 'hand palm, trust')
  
|weir (OE 'fence, enclosure')<br />munding (OE mund 'hand palm, trust')
 
|-
  
|-
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|''n''
  
|''n''
 
|bight, cove
  
|bight, cove
−
| Meerbusen (German)
 +
|Meerbusen (German)
  +
|-
  +
|'''Gulf of Bothnia'''
  +
|''n''
  +
| -
  +
|Bottoms’ Bight
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gullet'''
  
|'''gullet'''
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|'''gully'''
  
|'''gully'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
|draw (shallow)
 +
|ditch, wash, cut, draw (shallow)
 
| -
  
| -
 
|-
  
|-
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|'''guy'''
  
|'''guy'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
−
| fellow; man, boy, knave
 +
|fellow; man, boy, knave, lad
−
| fellow-bedder, man-lover (guy = “homosexual”)
 +
|fellow-bedder, man-lover (guy = “homosexual”)
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gynoid'''
  
|'''gynoid'''
 
|''n''
  
|''n''
 
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
  
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
−
|womanhue, shehue (cf. Greek ''gune'' 'woman' and ''oeidēs'' 'hue' ''('''<OE''' hiw))''
 +
| womanhue, shehue (cf. Greek ''gune'' 'woman' and ''oeidēs'' 'hue' ''('''<OE''' hiw))''
 
|-
  
|-
 
|'''gynoid'''
  
|'''gynoid'''

Revision as of 19:57, 6 August 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

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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
Geat n Gate (Jute) -
Geatland n Gateland (Jutland)
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)
Götaland n Gothenland Gothland (cf ON Gautr)
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), elderdom
GPS n earth-finder stead-finder
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

-
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)
Gulf of Bothnia n - Bottoms’ Bight
gullet n throat, craw, maw -
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. 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
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