WORD | CLASS | MEANING | ETYMOLOGY | REF |
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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) |