gabben (A.N.) 53, _to joke, trifle, tell tales_. gabbyng (A.N.) 423,
_joking, idle talk_
gadelyng (A.S.) 434, gedelyng, 165. _pl._ gedelynges, 171, gadelynges, 68,
_a vagabond_. In Anglo-Saxon the word _gædeling_ means a companion or
associate, apparently without any bad sense. Thus the romance of Beowulf
speaks of the armour of one of the heroes:--
þæt Onela for-geaf,
his gædelinges
guð-ge-wædu.
_which Onela had given him,
the war-weeds of his comrade,
the ready implements of war._
This, and most of the other similar Anglo-Saxon words, applied to their
heroes and warriors, became degraded under the Anglo-Normans. We may
mention as other examples the words, _fellow_, _renk_, _grom_, _wye_, &c.
+gaynage (A.N.) 462, _profit_
gaynesse (A.N.) 178, _gaiety_
galoche (A.N.) 370, _a shoe_. The word occurs in Chaucer
galpen (A.S.) 252, _to belch_
gamen (A.S.) _play_
gangen, gange (A.S.) _to go_
+garites (A.S.) 463, _garrets_
garnementz (A.N.) 379, _garments, ornaments_
gare (A.S.) _to make or cause to do a thing_. _pret. s._ garte, 22, 80,
135, 321, gart, 84, gerte, 428
gate (A.S.) 67, 171, 383, _way, going_. go thi gate, 351, 445, _go thy
way_. this ilke gate, 354, _this same way_
yate (A.S.) 385, 406, _a gate_
geaunt (A.N.) 384, _a giant_
gentile (A.N.) 26, 174, 175, _gentle, genteel_
gentilliche (A.N.) 44, _beautifully, finely, genteelly_
gentrie (A.N.) 370, _gentility_
gerl (A.S.) _pl._ gerles, girles, gerlis, 17, 184, 369, _youth of either
sex_. In the Coventry Mystery of the Slaughter of the Innocents (p. 181)
one of the knights engaged in the massacre says:--
I xall sle scharlys,
And qwenys with therlys,
Here _knave gerlys_
I xal steke.
Forthe wyl I spede,
To don hem blede,
Thow _gerlys_ grede,
We xul be wreke.
gerner (A.N.) _a garner_
gesene (A.S. ?) 262, _rare, scarce_
gesse (A.S.) _a guess_. up gesse, 102, _upon guess, by guess_
gest, _pl_. gestes (A.N.) _a deed, history, tale_
gest (A.S.) 312, _a guest_
geten, gete (A.S.) _to get_. _pres. pl._ geten. _pret. s._ gat, thow gete,
386, 389, 390, getest, 390, _part. past_, geten, 375, gete, 403
yiftes (A.S.) 49, _gifts_
gyle (A.S.) _guile, deceit_
gilour (A.S.) _a deceiver_
gyn (A.N.) 384, _a trap, machine, contrivance_
gynful (A.N.) 186, _full of tricks or contrivances_
gynnen (A.S.) _to begin_. _pret. sing._ gan, 2. _pl._ gonne, 158, gonnen,
262. gynnyng, _beginning_. The preterite is frequently used as an auxiliary
verb to form with others a kind of imperfect or preterite, as, gan drawe,
352, _drew_; gan despise, 374, _despised_
gyen (A.N.) 39, _to rule_
gyour (A.N.) 421, 429, _a ruler, leader_
girden (A.S.) 40, _to cast, strike_. _pret. s._ girte, 99. In the second
Towneley Mystery of the Shepherds, p. 115, Mak says, "If I trespas eft,
_gyrd_ of my heede."
gyterne (A.N.) 260, a _gittern_, a musical instrument, resembling, or
identical with, the modern guitar
gyven (A.S.) _to give_. _pres. pl._ gyven. _pret. sing._ gaf, yaf, 387.
_part. past_, yeven, y-gyve, 37
gyven (A.S.) 436, _to fetter, bind in gyves_
+gladdyng (A.S.) 481, _merry_ (?)
gladen, 404, gladie, 384 (A.S.) _to gladden, cause joy to_. _pret. s._
gladede, 435
+glaverynge (A.N.) 454, 492, _smooth, slippery, flattering_
glazene (A.S.) 435, _made of glass_ (?) See note
glee (A.S.) _the performance of the minstrel or jongleur_
gle-man (A.S.) 98, 165, _a minstrel_
glede, glade (A.S.) 94, 361, _a spark, glowing ember_
+gleym ( ) 479 (?)
+gloppynge (A.S.) 456, _sucking in_
glosen (A.N.) _to gloss, paraphrase, comment_
gloton (A.N.) _a glutton_
glotonye (A.N.) _gluttony_
glubben (A.S.) _to suck in, gobble up_. _part. pas._ y-glubbed, 97, _sucked
in_. glubbere, 162, _a glutton_
gnawen (A.S.) _to gnaw_
+gode (A.S.) 476, _a goad_
goky (A.S.) 220, _a gawky, clown_
goliardeis (A.N.) 9, _one who gains his living by following rich men's
tables, and telling tales and making sport for the guests_. See on this
word the Introduction to the Poems of Walter Mapes. It occurs in Chaucer,
C. T. l. 562
He was a jangler and _a golyardeys_,
And that was most of synne and harlotries.
gome (A.S.) 257, 263, 267, 288, 308, 312, 350, 354, 382, 403, _a man_
gomme (A.N.) _gum_
goon (A.S.) 37, _to go_. _pres. s._ he gooth, 354. _pl._ gon, goon, 303.
_pret. sing._ wente. _pl._ wenten, 233, 351
goost (A.S.) _spirit, ghost_
goostliche (A.S.) 427, _spiritually_
gorge (A.N.) 176, 177, _the throat, mouth_
gos (A.S.) _pl._ gees, _a goose_
gothelen (A.S.) 97, 252, _to grumble_ (as is said of the belly)
gowe (A.S.) 14, _a phrase of invitation, i. e. go we, let us go_
graffen (A.N.) 85, _to graft_
+graith (A.S.) 453, 464, _the truth_ (?)
graithe (A.S.) 27, _ready, prepared_
graithen (A.S.) _to prepare, make ready_. +_part. pas._ y-greithed, 462,
487. graythed, 494
graithly (A.S.) 386. graythliche, 482, _readily, speedily_
graunt (A.N.) 353, _great_
graven (A.N.) _to engrave_. _part. pas._ grave, 73, _engraved_
gravynge (A.N.) _engraving, sculpturing_
graven (A.N.) 206, _to put in grave_
greden (A.S.) 32, 47, _to cry out, shout, make a noise_. _pret. s._ thow
graddest, 421, he gradde, 335, 448
gree (A.N.) 375, _pleasure, will_
greete (A.S.) 100, _to lament_
greyne (A.N.) 412, 415, _a grain, seed_
greten (A.S.) 97, 379, _to greet_. _pret. s._ grette, 186, 344, 446
gretter (A.S.) _greater_
greven (A.N.) 354, _to grieve_
grys (A.S.) 14, 68, 134, _pigs_. See the story of Will _Gris_ in the
Lanercost Chronicle
grys (A.N.) 308, _a kind of fur_
+grysliche (A.S.) 485, _fearfully_
grom (A.S.) 99, _a man_: hence the modern groom
grote (A.N.) 51, _a groat, a coin of the value of four pennies_
grucchen, grucche (A.S.) _to grudge_