| WORD | CLASS | MEANING | ETYMOLOGY | REF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gan/gannin/gawn | vb | go, going, gone | AS: gan | |
| gaudy | ||||
| gaup (gawk) | vb | stare vacantly | Dut: gaapen – to gape | |
| geers | n | wealth | ||
| geet (greet) | great | |||
| getten | vb | retrieved or received as in ‘got’ | ||
| geyest, gyest | n | ghost | ||
| geyzened, gizened | parched with thirst, opened or cracked with heat | Isl: gisinn – sparse, thinning | NCW | |
| ghest | n | ghost | ||
| ghoustie | adj | ghostly | ||
| gie’t | give it | |||
| gliff | glimpse; seeing something unexpected. | poss Dut: glippen | NED | |
| gob | n | mouth | prob Gae: gob – beak | NW |
| gob | vb | bragging speech or insolence | ||
| gollop/gollup | eat quickly | |||
| gonniel/goniel/gonneril/ gonnerheed | n | a rustic or stupid person; one easily imposed upon | ||
| gox | exclamation. By gox! (instead of By God!) | |||
| Gyetsheed | pn | Gateshead | phonetic | |
| hacky | adj | dirty | ||
| hadaway/harraway | go away | |||
| halfers | divide in two | |||
| half-nowt | half-price | |||
| hame | home | Sax: ham | ||
| happorth | half-penny’s worth. | |||
| hapt/happe/hap | vb | cover, wrap (for warmth) | Swe: hypia – cover | NED |
| harn/harrin/harrn/heerin) | herring | |||
| havered | talked foolishly | |||
| heapstead | n | pit mouth building | ||
| heed | head | OE: heed | ||
| hev/hez | have (has) | |||
| hinnie/hinny | n | an endearment, probably derived from honey. | ||
| hob | n | the iron pin used in the game of quoits. | ||
| hockle | vb | spit | ||
| honkas/hunkers | n | haunches | ||
| hooly | n a | a strong wind, a gale soft, gentle | NW | |
| hoot/hout | an exclamation of disbelief. | |||
| hord | heard | |||
| houghs | the back of the knees; a sinewy cut of meat | |||
| hough/haugh | n | flat ground by the side of a river | OE: healh | NED |
| howay/haway/ho’way) | come on | |||
| hoy | vb | throw | ||
| huddick/huddock | n | small cabin on the stern of a keelboat | Dut: hut – steerage | NCW |
| huffy | quick to take offence | |||
| hyem/hyam | n | home | ON: hiem | |
| hyped | adj | thrown over hip (as in wrestling) |