Shetland Words:G
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- gaa = (n) atmospheric ring around sun or moon
- gaaners = (n) an ailment of the mouth in cattle
- gaased = forced (naethin wid i gaased me tae tink ill o dem)
- gaat = (n) a castrated boar
- gabbard straik = (n) first board above boats keel
- gadder = gather
- gadderie = gathering, large collection of items
- gaebshot = the state of being when with mouth closed, upper teeth fall behind lower teeth, rather than equal to them. Usually accompanied by an obviously protrouding chin
- gaed = went
- gaet = path
- gammelost = (n) old cheese
- gant = (v) yawn
- gansie = (n) jersey
- garn = (n) a large nail
- garth = (n) grassland enclosures with the dykes
- gauf = laugh
- gavel = gable
- gavelkind = (n) a custom whereby upon the father's death, the youngest got the dwelling-house
- gaw = gall bladder and/or it's contents (Da gaw ey hings be da liver)
- gawin-knot = granny knot
- gear = goods, things
- geng = a row of knitting stitches
- geng = go
- geng du = you go (no one cares)
- geo = (n) inlet in cliffs
- getskerdand a hole = (n) a sheep lug mark, two holes being cut from the ear
- giddack = (n) the sand-eel
- gie = give
- gil, gjill = (n) a false sun or parhelion
- gill, gjill = (n) a steep, grassy ravine or gully
- gimmer = (n) a young ewe
- gird = (n) metal hoop around barrel. (v) to put metal hoops on barrel.
- girdy = that which is poorly constructed, and/or constructed of inadequate quality and/or inadequate specifications of materials, and/or is in a poor state of repair, and is considered barely adequate for the purpose for which it is intended, and is unlikely to possess longevity at that task (Yun hill grind is turnin brawly girdy, bit sho'll maybe hing in dis yeer yit)
- girn = growl, cry (of a child)
- girnal = (n) meal chest
- girnie = (adj) prone to crying, peevish
- girse, girss = (n) grass
- girsie = grassy
- gizzen = dry up,
- gizzened = dried up (Yun boats aa gizzened an spleet noo, sho'll laek)
- gjit = (v) get
- gjittin dee kail trow da reek = being severely scolded
- gjonger = (n) sea word for horse (Foula)
- glaar = mess
- glaep = (v) gulp
- glaepit = gulped
- glaikit = (adj) daft, witless
- glamers = (n) the interstice between the legs, the crotch
- glebe = (n) area of farmland attached to the manse of a (Presbytarian) minister
- gleck = (n) a goose necked barnacle
- gleerit = (adj) overly bright colouring, light
- gleida = (n) "squinter", sea word for halibut (Foula)
- glen = glean, gather
- gless = glass (A peen o gless), barometer, telescope
- glesses = (n) glasses, spectacles, binoculars
- glida, gloda = (n) the sun, sea word (Foula)
- glied = (adj) cross-eyed
- glinder = (v) look with screwed up eyes, as at something very bright
- glisk = glimpse
- gloamer = (n) sea word for the moon
- glonler = (n) the moon, sea word (Foula)
- glouriks = (n) the eyes
- glower = (v) stare
- gloy = (n) straw which has been cleaned to remove head and leaves for kishie making
- gloystane = (n) a threshing stone
- gludder = (n) sea word for the sun
- gluff = fright, scare
- glunshick = a relatively large amount of anything inanimate that is already on the move that suddenly moves much more quickly without warning (Da sauce comes oot o' da bottle athin a glunshick whin you up end im an gie im a dunt ur twa upoa da erse)
- glyed = squint, uneven, looking with a squint.
- goag = smeared dirt, particularly on a human face or on glass.
- goard = (n) a dwelling
- gock = (n) foolish person, simpleton
- gongbit = (n) a sheep lug mark, two bits being cut on opposite sides of the ear
- gooster = (n) a strong breeze
- gorsta = (n) a division between lands
- gowl = cry loudly as in grief. (Da bairn gowled her een oot
- gozened = refers to fish dried in the sun (without salt)
- göd, guid = good
- gölgreff = midden stripe, open channel to carry muck from byre.
- graavit = scarf
- graef = (n) sea floor
- grain = small amount
- grandrie = (n) a septennial court anciently held in Shetland for the purpose of abating nuisances and punishing local abuses
- grassum = (n) entry money, a sum advanced by a lessee in order that the lands may be kept at their old rent
- great plucker = (n) a monkfish
- green-paek = (n) first new spring grass
- greet = to cry
- greetie = (adj) ready to cry
- greetie-gowlie = (n) nickname applied to child given to frequent crying
- greff = (n) bottom of peat bank, (also grev)
- gret-muckle = (adj) very large, huge, massive
- greth = (n) urine
- grice = (n) a pig
- grice-head = (n) a stone, usually of generally spherical shape, which has no flat area on it's surface large enough for it to rest stably, hence virtually useless to build with
- grice mites = small potatoes
- gricifer = (n) a disease of swine which deprives them of use of their hind legs
- grimster = (n) ebb during spring tide
- grind = (n) gate
- grind = (n) a sheep lug mark, a square piece being cut from the tip of the ear
- gristed = mood, temperament. Usually only used to describe a naegative one, (he's an ill-gristed craitur) or, (sho's no weel-gristed wi me igyen).
- grit = (adj) big, large (South end)
- gro = (n) the wind
- grodningar = see gronge below (Low 1774)
- groff = (adj) coarse, rough (groff saat)
- groff = (adj) harsh (voice)
- groitik = (n) a meat-kettle
- gronge = (n) Cod (Low 1774)
- grottie buckie = (n) small cowrie shell, also name of beach near Lerwick
- gruel = porridge
- gruel-tree = spoon for stirring porridge
- grummit = of darkened appearance either due to lack of available light, or to being, or appearing to be dirty
- grun = (n) fishing bank (Tudor 1883)
- grut = (n) stoney land (as Grutness)
- gruttik = (n) ebb tide
- grüt = any thin damp/wet sticky sludgy residue, also used as a rather sarcastic term for performing an unproductive task
- gudden = to manure a field
- guddick = riddle, rhyming riddle.
- gude-folk = (n) fairies
- gude-man = (n) master of the house
- gude-wife = (n) mistress of the house
- güdie = (n) a riddle
- gugs = (n) fish slime
- gugit = (adj) coated in fish slime
- guizer = (n) disguised person, Up-Helly-Aa participant
- guizer jarl = (n) leader of Jarl squad at Up Helly-Aa
- gul-bröl = (n) sound made by cattle when they are excited
- gulmoget = (adj) sheep markings, dark body with light undersides
- gulsa = stomach problems?
- gurm = work messily
- gurr = solidified moisture from an eye which has attached itself to the edges of the eyelids and/or eyelashes
- gutcher = (n) grandfather
- gutter = (n) special breed of woman who could gut herring tirelessly and with bewildering speed
- guzzel, guzzle = (n) an angry blast of wind, dry and parching
- gyadge = expression of disgust at a bad taste,or at the thought of something unpleasant.
- 'gyadgie gyadgie' = spoken to a child to prevent them putting something in their mouth,inferring a bad taste
- gyimmer = (n) West-side version of gimmer (qv)
- gyndagooster = (n) a storm
- gyoppin = the amount held in two cupped hands, usually referring to corn or meal
- gyp = (v) to gut and split a fish
