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  • Gadur - gather.
  • Galentyne; Galyntyne - galantine, a dish of cold boiled- boned meat. Sauce Galentyne would be served with it.
  • Galyngale - galangal, or galingale, a seasoning made from Cypress root.
  • Garbage; Garbagys - giblets; viscera.
  • Gedyr - gather.
  • Gentyle - noble.
  • Gobet - (noun) piece; (verb) cut into pieces.
  • Gobettis; Gobettys - pieces.
  • Gobouns - gobbets, pieces, lumps.
  • Goce; Gos - goose.
  • Golet(t) - gullet.
  • Gornard - gurnard, a fish.
  • Grauey; Graueye; grauy - gravy.
  • Graynys of parise or perys - grains of paradise; however, some scholars say this is actually plain pear seeds, or ground-up dried pears.
  • Graynys of pome-garnad - pomegranate seeds, or sometimes ground-up dried whole pomegranates.
  • Gredyl - griddle.
  • Grete reysouns - great raisins, i.e. grape raisins, not currants.
  • Grwel; Grwele - gruel.
  • Gutte - gut; pouch.
  • Guttys - intestines.
  • Gysers; Gysowrys - gizzards.
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