G.

Gabbe, v. n. == chatter, joke. Pol. S. 204. AS. gabban

—— sb. == talking. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Gabbing, sb. == talking. ‘bi my gabbyng.’ Pol. S. 158. (Cf. ‘on my word.’)

—— == idle talk. O. and N. 626. AS. gabbung

Gadeling, sb. == lit. ‘companion;’ thence afterwards a term of reproach, vagabond. RG. 310. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 485. AS. gædeling

Gaff, sb. == an iron hook. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174. Fr. gaffe

Gage, sb. == pledge. Alys. 7236. Fr. gage. Lat. vadium

Gain, adj. == elegant, gainly. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. ON. gégn. Su. Goth. gen

Gain, v. a. == obtain. Pol. S. 151

Gainsay, sb. == contradiction. Ps. lxxix. 7

Gale, sb. == banquet or dance. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. gale. AS. gál

—— == chattering, noise. Alys. 2047; a song. Alys. 2548. AS. galan

Galegale, sb. == noise, twittering. O. and N. 256

Galek, sb. Cok. 103; a mistake for ‘garlek,’ which is the reading of MS. Harl. 913

Galingale, sb. == the sweet cyperus. Cok. 71. Fr. galangue

Gall, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Gallon, sb. K. Horn, 1155. Rel. S. vii. 37

Gallop, v. n. Alys. 461. Goth. ‘hlaupan.’ with ‘ga’ prefixed

Gallows, sb. HD. 1161

Gallowtree, sb. HD. 43

Gambison, sb. == a stuffed doublet, Alys. 5151. Fr. gambais. Goth. wamba. See Burguy, s. v. gambais

Game, sb. == sport. RG. 567, 375; [gome]. O. and N. 521

Gamen, sb. == sport, pleasure. HD. 2135. AS. gamen

Gan, vb. == began. 98 B.; [gonne]. RG. 371

Gange, v. n. == go. HD. 1057. AS. gangan

—— sb. == going, footstep. Ps. xvi. 5

Gangle, v. n. == jangle. Alys. 7413

Gaoler, sb. Pilate, 218

Gardener, sb. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 20

Gargaze, sb. == throat. Alys. 3636. Fr. gargate

Garland, sb. Pol. S. 218. Fr. garlande, from Lat. gyrus

Garlic, sb. Cok. 103

Garner, sb. Pol. S. 238. AS. gearo, ready

Garnet, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. Fr. grenat

Garste, v. a. == terrify. See Gast

Garyson, sb. == reward, payment. RG. 409, 413. Fr. garison

—— == care, office. 790 B.

Gast, v. a. == terrify. Wright’s L. P. p. 90; [garste]. Pol. S. 222

Gaste, == ghost. q. v.

Gate, sb. == way. Ps. i. 6; ‘thus gate,’ == this way. HD. 2586. ON. gata

—— == manner, fashion. HD. 2419

Gate, sb. == entrance to a house. RG. 539, 394. AS. geát

Gateward, sb. == doorkeeper. K. Horn, 1099

Gather, v. a. RG. 380, 505

—— v. n. part. ‘gaderyng.’ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175

Gaveler, sb. == usurer. Ps. cviii. 11. AS. gafel

Gavelock, sb. == javelin. Alys. 1355. Ps. liv. 22. AS. gafeloc

Gay, adj. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Gear, sb. == dress, appearance. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. gearwa

Geld, adj. == impotent, barren. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. Ps. cxii. 9

Geld, v. a. Wright’s L. P. p. 24

Geldhede, sb. == barrenness. Ps. xxxiv. 12

Gem, sb. [zimme]. RG. 489

General, adj. RG. 495

Genge, sb. == family. HD. 790

—— == host, army; [gyng]. Alys. 922

—— == nation. Ps. ii. 8. AS. genge

Gent, adj. == gentle. RG. 24

Gentle, adj. == noble. RG. 420

Gentleman, sb. [gengylman]. RG. 323

Gentrise, sb. == nobleness, RG. 46, 434

Georre, sb. == anger. M. Ode, 139. AS. eorre, which is the reading of one MS.

Geoter, sb. == a caster of metals. Alys. 6735. AS. geótan

Gersoun, sb. == treasure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217. AS. gersume. ON. gérsemi

Gest, sb. == gesture, appearance. Alys. 6413

Gest, sb. == a tale. HD. 2328. Fr. geste. Lat. gestum

Gestning, sb. == hospitality. Alys. 1779

Geswinc, sb. == toil. M. Ode, 98. AS. geswinc

Get, v. a. == obtain. HD. 792; part. ‘igotte.’ Pol. S. 203

—— == take. HD. 2762

Geting, sb. == generation. Ps. xiii. 6

Ghost, sb. == a spirit. RG. 130

—— == spirit, as opposed to body. O. and N. 1396

—— == Holy Ghost. [Gaste]. Ps. i. fin.

Giant, sb. RG. 15

Gibbet, sb. Alys. 4722

Giddily, adv. == foolishly. O. and N. 1280

Giddy, adj. == foolish. RG. 68. AS. gidig

Gift, sb. 570 B.; [give]. HD. 357

Giglot, sb. == a loose girl. Pol. S. 154. AS. gagol

Gigour, sb. == a musician, properly a player on the wind instrument called a ‘gige.’ K. Horn, 1528. Vid. Roq. s. v. Gigueour

Gihte, sb. == manner? M. Ode, 192. See Gate

Gildert, sb. == a snare. Ps. ix. 31. Fr. guille

Gileyspeke, sb. == a cunning trick. RG. 553. Fr. guille

Gilmins, sb. == some order of Friars? Rel. Ant, ii. p. 175

Gilt, part. Alys. 927

Gin, sb. == device. RG. 402, 549. AS. grin

Gin, vb. == begin. 753 B.

Ging, sb. == army. See Genge

Ginger, sb. Alys. 6797; [gyngyvre]. Wright’s L. P. p. 27

Gird, v. a. == cingere. RG. 435; part. ‘ygurd.’ RG. 174

—— sb. == girdle. Alys. 2272

Gird, v. a. == strike, smite. Alys. 2299. AS. gyrd, a staff

Girdle, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

Give, sb. See Gift

Give, v. a. [ȝeve]. RG. 12; pret. ‘ȝaf.’ RG. 17; imper. ‘ȝef.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 59; part. ‘iȝive.’ O. and N. 551; ‘yȝyne.’ RG. 430

Giveled, part. == heaped together. HD. 814. Fr. gavelé. Sir F. Madden also suggests Dut. ‘villen,’ to flay, as a possible origin of this word. Others have proposed the Germ. gefüllt

Giving, sb. Alys. 839

Glad, adj. RG. 371; ‘gladden.’ 1066 B.

—— v. n. == be glad. RG. 265

—— v. a. == make glad. 1204 B.; part. ‘igladed.’ Pilate, 130

Gladden, v. n. == be glad. Ps. xcvi. 8

Gladful, adj. Ps. xlvi. 2

Gladly, adv. RG. 112

Gladness, sb. RG. 195, 530

Gladship, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Glaive, sb. == a sword. RG. 203. Fr. glaive. Lat. gladius

Glass, sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 31

—— == a mirror. Alys. 4408

Gleam, sb. HD. 2122

—— v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 36

Glede, sb. == live coal. HD. 91. AS. gléd

Glee, sb. RG. 272

Gleeman, sb. HD. 2329

Gleowinge, sb. == gleeing or singing. K. Horn, 1524

Glew, adj. == skilful. O. and N. 193. AS. gleáw

Glewe, vb. See Glow

Glide, v. n. HD. 1851; pret, ‘glyt.’ Alys. 4252

Glisten, v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 36

Gloterie, sb. == gluttony. Body and Soul, 93

Glove, sb. Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16

Glow, v. n. Fragm. Sci. 141; [glewe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Gloze, v. n. == flatter, be deceitful. RG. 510; part. ‘glozyng.’ RG. 497; AS. glesan

Glue, v. a. Alys. 6180

Glutton, sb. HD. 2104. Lat. gluttus, the throat

Gluttony, sb. RG. 330

Gnaist, v. n. == rage. Ps. ii. 1. ON. gnista

Gnat, sb. Ps. civ. 31

Gnaw, v. a. RG. 404, 417. AS. gnagan

Gnede, adj. == niggardly. HD. 97. Body and Soul, 20. AS. gneðen

Gnide, v. a. == dash to pieces. Ps. xvii. 43; pret. ‘gnode.’ Ps. lxxxviii. 45. AS gnidan

Gnoste, sb. == noise or clamour? Pol. S. 237. ON. gnaust

Go, v. n. RG. 13; [gon]. 74 B.; 2 s. pres. ‘gest.’ O. and N. 836, 536; 3 s. pres. ‘goth.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 61; ‘gas.’ Ps. lxxxix. 6; pret. ‘eode.’ RG. 417; ‘wende.’ RG. 368; ‘wode.’ 1481 B.; ‘ȝeode.’ 99 B.; part, ‘going.’ RG. 538

Go, == good. q. v.

Goad, sb. [gad]. HD. 279. AS. gád

Goat, sb. pl. ‘geet.’ Pol. S. 198

God. RG. 468

Goderhele, sb. == happiness. RG. 368

Godhede, sb. == goodness. Alys. 7060

Godly, adj. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Godness, sb. == God-head. Creed of St Athan. v. 62

Godson, sb. 21 β

Gold, sb. RG. 1, 383

Golnes, sb. == lasciviousness. O. and N. 492. Ps. lxvii. 14. AS. gál

Goldfinch, sb. Alys. 783

Golokes. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; perhaps another form of ‘galker’ == a tub for wort. See Phil. Soc. Trans. for 1855, p. 267

Gome, sb. == a man. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. guma

Gome, sb. == care, thought. RG. 454, 537. AS. gýmen

Gome, sb. See Game

Gonfanon, sb. == banner. Alys. 1963

Goninde, part. == gaping, yawning. Marg. 43. AS. geonan

Gonnylde, adj. == foolish? Pol. S. 237. See Hall. s. vv. Goneil and Gomerill

Good, adj. RG. 375, 384; acc. ‘godne.’ K. Horn, 753

—— sb. 19 B. ‘to do good’

—— adv. == will. Alys. 6267

Goods, sb. [god]. RG. 495

Goodman, sb. == husband

—— == a good man. RG. 257

Goodness, sb. RG. 434, 436

Goose, sb. HD. 702

Gore, sb. == a narrow slip let into a woman’s dress, hence the dress itself, as in the phrase ‘geynest under gore.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 29. ON. gára, to rend

Gorge, v. a. == devour, feed. Alys. 5625

—— v. n. Alys. 5625

Gorger, sb. == gorget. Alys. 3636

Goshawk, sb. Alys. 483

Goshorne ? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Gospel, sb. RG. 470

Gothele, v. n. == make a noise, as water does when a hot iron is placed in it. Fragm. Sci. 140. ON. gutla

Goule, v. n. == howl. HD. 164, 454. ON. góla

Gout, sb. RG. 564, 564

Govern, v. a. RG. 398

—— sb. == government. 1792 B.

Grace, sb. ‘year of grace.’ RG. 382

—— == pardon. RG. 563

Gracious, adj. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Grade, sb. == a cry. Alys. 5740

Grain, sb. [grein]. == a small piece. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Gram, adj. == angry. HD. 2469, 214. AS. gram

Grame, Grome, == anger. Pol. S. 199

—— == sorrow. Pol. S. 219. AS. grama

Grandsire, sb. RG. 311

Grange, sb. HD. 764. Fr. grange, from Lat. granum

Grant, v. a. RG. 447, 477, 208

Grape, sb. 417 β

Grass, sb. RG. 43

Grasshopper, sb. [gressop], Ps. lxxvii. 46; civ. 34

Grate, sb. == firegrate. Body and Soul, 204

Graueth, vb. == clothes? Wright’s L. P. p. 61. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217. AS. gerǽdian?

Grave, v. a. == dig. Ps. vii. 16

—— == bury. HD. 613; part ‘graven.’ HD. 2528

—— sb. == sculpture. Ps. lxxvii. 58

—— == image. Ps. cv. 19

Grave, sb. Body and Soul, 98

Gravel, sb. K. Horn, 1521. Gael. gairbheil. See Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. iv. p. 257

Grayking, sb. == graying, or early dawn. Alys. 5413; ‘griking.’ Ps. xlv. 6

Grease, sb. RG. 410

Great, adj. RG. 377; [grot]. RG. 26; ‘great heart,’ == anger. RG. 309

—— v. n. == become great. Alys. 452

Greave, sb. == magistrate. HD. 266. AS. geréfa

Grede, v. n. == cry out. RG. 559; pret. ‘gradde.’ O. and N. 934. AS. grædan

Grede, sb. == breast of a mantle. Alys. 4187; [i-grede]. O. and N. 1641. AS. greada

Greding, sb. == crying. Alys. 7882

Green, adj. RG. 419

—— sb. == an open grass lawn. HD. 2840; in pl. ‘greens,’ == herbs. Ps. xxxvi. 2

Greet, v. a. == salute. RG. 554. AS. grétan

Greet, v. n. == weep; part ‘i-gret.’ HD. 163, 164; ‘graten,’ Ib. 241; ‘igroten,’ Ib. 285. AS. grætan

Greeting, sb. == salutation. 1238 B.

Greeting, sb. == weeping. HD. 166

Greme, v. a. == displease. Wright’s L. P. p. 36; part ‘i-gremet,’ O. and N. 931

—— v. n. == be displeased [grom]. O. and N. 870. AS. gremian

Grene, = desire? HD. 996. AS. geornan

Greneris, sb. == green branches, hence ‘greene-ry.’ Cok. 8

Grenne, sb. == grin; ‘thou list grenne,’ == thou liest a-grin or grinning. Body and Soul, 56

Gressop. Grasshopper. q. v.

Grete, sb. == weeping. Ps. ci. 10

Grey, adj. RG. 440, 498

—— sb. == gray fur. M. Ode, 183. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192

Greyhound, sb. [grif-hound]. Alys. 5284

Greyn, sb. == edge. Alys. 6537

Greythe, v. a. == make ready. RG. 371, 434. ON. greiða

Grieve, v. a. RG. 563; part. ‘igreved.’ St Swithin, 120

Grievance, sb. Alys. 965

Grievous, adj. RG. 202

Grill, adj. == sharp, unkind. Body and Soul, 34. ON. gríla

—— sb. == sorrow. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Grim, adj. HD. 155; ‘grim or gore?’ HD. 2497

Grimful, adj. Signa ante Jud. 156

Grimly, adv. RG. 347

Grin, v. n. 987 B.

Grind, v. a. Pol. S. 69; [gryngen]. Alys. 4443; part. ‘ygrounde.’ Alys. 5872

Grine, sb. == gin, snare. O. and N. 1057; [grinew]. O. and N. 1054

Grip, Gripe, v. a. == seize hold of. RG. 22; [grope]. Alys. 1957

Grip, sb. == griffin. HD. 572. Alys. 5667

Grip, sb. == ditch. HD. 1924

Grise, v. a. == agrise, frighten. Body and Soul, 96. AS. a-grýsan

Grisful, adj. Signa ante Jud. 16

Grisly, adj. RG. 415, 566; ‘grisloker,’ == grislier. RG. 590. AS. grislíc

Grith, sb. == peace. HD. 61, 511. AS. gríð

Grithbruch, sb. == breach of the peace. O. and N. 1043

Grithsergeant, sb. HD. 267

Gro, sb. == a rich fur. Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [groy]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217

Groan, v. n. RG. 380

Grom. See Greme

Gromyl, sb. == the herb ‘gromwell,’ or Lithospermum officinale. Wright’s L. P. p. 27

Grone, sb. == a part of a woman’s dress. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr. giron. Vid. Roq., and compare ‘gronet in grene’ in the Anturs of Arthur, at Tarne Wathelan. st. 47

Groom, sb. == boy or infant. HD. 790. AS. guma

Grope, v. a. == investigate. Alys. 6642

Grope, == feel. O. and N. 1494. AS. gropian

Grotes, sb. == grouts, small pieces. HD. 472. AS. grút

Grouer, sb. == grosvair, a kind of fur. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217

Ground, sb. RG. 22

—— v. a. == bring to ground. RG. 372

—— == form, constitute. Ps. viii. 4

Groundly, adv. == deeply [grundlike]. HD. 651

Groundstathelnes, sb. == foundation. Ps. cxxxvi. 7

Groundwall, sb. == foundation. Ps. lxxxvi. 1

Grow, v. n. RG. 21; pret. ‘greu.’ RG. 470

Gruche, v. n. == murmur, grumble. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Fr. groucer

Grudge, v. n. Ps. lviii. 16

Grudging, sb. O. and N. 423

Grulde, vb. == struck. O. and N. 142. Probably from AS. ‘grillan,’ to provoke, and hence to keep on touching or striking, so as to irritate. Cf. the ἐρεθίζειν μάγαδιν of Telestes, ap. Ath. 637 A.

Grund, or Ground, used as an intensifying prefix—‘grund-stalworthe.’ HD. 1027

Grunt, v. n. Alys. 5846

Grys, sb. == a kind of fur. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. gris. See the Prompt. Parv. s. v. Gryce, and the note there

Guede. A mistake for ‘gnede.’ q. v.

Guile, sb. RG. 538

—— v. a. == deceive. Rel. Ant. p. 116

Guiling, sb. == deceit. Alys. 3475

Guilt, v. n. == sin, become guilty. Ps. cxviii. 67

Guilt, sb. 827 B.

Guiltless, adj. RG. 327, 509

Guilty, adj. 2123 B.

Guise, sb. == fashion. Pol. S. 221

Gulte, vb. == offends? O. and N. 1521

Gun, sb. Alys. 3268

Guodded, vb. == stained. Alys. 2374. Fr. guede, woad

Gut, sb. RG. 446, 526

Gutter, sb. == waterpipe [goter]. Ps. lxxi. 6

Gwinris, sb. == guides. Alys. 7244. Fr. guioneres

Gylofre, sb. == gilliflower. Wright’s L. P. p. 27

Gyng, sb. == host, army, our ‘gang.’ See Genge

Gyngyvre. See Ginger

Gyour, sb. == a guide. Alys. 4810. Fr. guicour. Sec Roq. s. v.

Gysceres. M. Ode, 135. Probably a mistake for ‘gyveres,’ avaricious. AS. gífer

Gyve, sb. Pol. S. 221. W. gefyn

Gywise, sb. == judgment. St Kath. 9