List of English Words of Old Norse Origin - G

G

gad
gaddr (="rod, long stick")
gap
gap (="chasm")
garth
garðr (="garden")
gawk
from Middle English gawen, from Old Norse ga (="to heed")
get
geta, gat (> got), gittan (> gotten)
geyser
from Icelandic geysir, from Old Norse geysa (="to gush")
gift
gift (="dowry")
girth
gjörð (="circumference, cinch")
give
gefa (="to give")
glitter
glitra (="to glitter")
gosling
gæslingr" (="goose")
guest
gestr (="guest")
gun
from Old Norse Gunnhildr (female name, both elements of the name, gunn and hildr, have the meaning "war, battle")
gust
gustr (="gust")

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