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A Glossary of the Scots Dialect |
| Gab | the mouth. |
| Gabs | talk. |
| Gae | go; gave; |
| Gaed | went; |
| Gaen | gone. |
| Gaet | manner, way. |
| Gaets | ways, manners. |
| Gairs | "purple patches". |
| Gane | gone. |
| Gang | to go. |
| Gangrel | vagrant. |
| Gar | to make. |
| Garcock | the moorcock. |
| Garrin | making, causing. |
| Gart | did make. |
| Garten | garter. |
| Gash | knowledgeable. |
| Gashin | conversing. |
| Gashing | talking, gabbing. |
| Gat | got. |
| Gate | manner; way or road. |
| Gatty | swelled. |
| Gau'n | gavin. |
| Gaucie | large, bushy, full, stately. |
| Gaud | the plough shaft. |
| Gaudsman | ploughboy. |
| Gaun | going. |
| Gaunted | yawned. |
| Gawcie | jolly; large, flourishing. |
| Gawkie | fool. |
| Gawky | a foolish woman or lad. |
| Gawn | Gavin. |
| Gawsie | buxom; jolly. |
| Gaylies | pretty well. |
| Gear | wealth, money; goods. |
| Geck | to sport; toss the head. |
| Ged | a pike. |
| Geds | pike. |
| Gentles | gentry. |
| Genty | slender. |
| Geordie | George (The yellow lettered Geordie=a guinea). |
| Get | child. |
| Ghaist | ghost. |
| Gi'en | given. |
| Gie | give. |
| Gie's | give us. |
| Gied | gave. |
| Gien | given. |
| Gies | give us. |
| Gif | if. |
| Giftie | gift (dim). |
| Giglets | laughing children. |
| Gillie | gill (dim). |
| Gilpey | young girl. |
| Gilpie | youngster. |
| Gimmer | two-year-old ewe. |
| Gin | if, |
| Girdle | griddle. |
| Girn | grin. |
| Girr | hoop. |
| Gizz | a wig. |
| Glaikit | thoughtless; giddy. |
| Glaizie | smooth, glossy. |
| Glamour | a charm's effect. |
| Glaum'd | grasped. |
| Gled | a kite. |
| Gleede | a glowing coal. |
| Gleg | sharp, cleverly, swiftly. |
| Gleib | a portion. |
| Glib-gabbet | that speaks glibly. |
| Glieb | a portion of land. |
| Glint | sparkle. |
| Glinted | glanced. |
| Gloamin | twilight. |
| Gloamin-shot | a twilight meeting. |
| Glow'r | stare. |
| Glowr'd | glowered. |
| Glowrin | glowering. |
| Glunch | a frown. |
| Goavan | moving or looking vacantly. |
| Goavin | looking dazedlyl; mooning. |
| Gotten | got. |
| Gowan | the daisy. |
| Gowany | covered with wild daisies. |
| Gowd | gold. |
| Gowden | golden. |
| Gowdie | the head. |
| Gowff'd | golfed. |
| Gowk | a fool. |
| Gowling | howling. |
| Graff | a grave. |
| Grain'd | groaned. |
| Grained | groaned. |
| Graip | a pronged instrument. |
| Graith | tack, harness. |
| Graithing | gearing, vestments. |
| Grane | groan. |
| Grannie | graunie, grandmother. |
| Grape | to grope. |
| Grapit | groped. |
| Grat | wept. |
| Gree | a prize; to agree. |
| Gree't | agreed. |
| Greet | weep despondently. |
| Griens | longs for. |
| Grippet | gripped, grasped. |
| Grissle | gristle. |
| Grit | great. |
| Groat | fourpence. |
| Grozet | a gooseberry. |
| Grumphie | a sow. |
| Grun' | the ground. |
| Grunstane | a grindstone. |
| Gruntle | grunting noise; face. |
| Grunzie | the mouth. |
| Grushie | thick, thriving. |
| Grusome | ill favored. |
| Grutten | wept. |
| Gude | good. |
| Gudeen | good evening. |
| Gudeman | goodman. |
| Gudes | goods. |
| Guid | good. |
| Guid-e'en | good evening. |
| Guid-father | father-in-law. |
| Guid-man | husband. |
| Guid-wife | mistress of the house. |
| Guid-willie | hearty. |
| Guidfather | father in law. |
| Guidwife | landlady, mistress of the house. |
| Gullie | gully, a large knife. |
| Gully | large knife. |
| Gulravage | riotous. |
| Gumlie | muddy, discolored. |
| Gumption | understanding. |
| Gusty | tasteful. |
| Gutcher | grandfather. |
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