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G

gaein: ar thee gaein?

[gayn: ar thee gayn]

where are you going?

Question

garroch or garvie

[gAOHrachk or gAOHrvie]

a sprat

Word / Fishing

gait

[gayt]

gelded pig (castrated)

Word / Farming

Gentle Hannie: an Gentle Hannie is skywawlan roon the eel o Ness wi a wite futher in er at, they'll be arryin the crook

[Gentle HONnie: an Gentle HONnie is SKYwawlan roon the eel o Ness wi a whyte FUTHer in er at, they'll be arryin the crook]

Gentle Annie: when Gentle Annie (the wind) is screaming round the end of the Ness with white topped waves, they (the fairies) will be stealing from the food pot

Phrase / Nature

gargi or gargie

[gAHr-ghee or gAHr-djee]

bitter

Word / Adjective

ghea

[ghee]

a notion, idea

Word

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gie: the gie was in me

[ghEE: the ghEE wiz in meh]

fancy: I fancied a…

Phrase

glaikit: ach, she's glaikit. Dinnae (or divnae) mind her

[glAY-kut: ack, sheez glAY-kt. Dun- nee mynd’her]

simple-minded: och, she’s simple-minded. Don’t pay her any attention.

Phrase / Community

gob

[gOHb]

an opening or mouth of a receptable

Word

grandeur: at a grandeur!

[gran-djur: at a grandjur]

show-off: airs and graces, what a show off!

Word / Community

graylord or grayman

[GRAYlorrd or GRAYmun]

a full grown coalfish

Word / Nature

grey willie

[GRAY-wullee]

young seagull

Word / Nature

gullach or gullachan

[goo-lach or goo-lach-un]

earwig

Word / Nature

gushel

[GOO-shl]

to hurry

Verb

glesser

[glEHsser]

marble made of glass for games, a

Word / Home

gotherlidge

[gOHTH-er-lidj]

fool

Word / Community

gray

[grrAHY]

wind, slight breath of, on surface of water

Word / Nature

greenga or greengaw

[GREENga or GREENgohr]

seagrass, slimy, left after the tide has receded

Word / Nature

grof or groff

[grof or grohf]

thick

Word

guloot

[guh-LOOT]

a simple-minded person

Word / Community

gunsh or gudge

[goonsh or gudj]

a short, or thick-set person

Word / Community

girds

[gurdz]

hoops (resembling butterfly nets) baited to to catch buckies (whelks) with cured herring, fish entrails and cod heads, to

Word / Fishing

gluttam: a gluttam o' ink

[glUH-tum: a glUH-tum o’eenk]

drop of ink, a (school usage)

Word

graith

[grr-AYth]

bubbles, froth on sea, soap suds

Word / Nature

gray alan or gray-allan

[grAYee-ulun or grAY-alan]

an Arctic skua

Word / Nature

greesoch

[gREES-ach]

shivery, shuddery

Word

gudlach

[gud-luch]

sweet cakes etc

Word / Food

gurry

[gurree]

a boil or pustule

Word / Body