(="a group of men") gap gap (="chasm") gape From an unrecorded English word or from Old Norse gapa (="to open the mouth wide, gape") gasp geispa (="to yawn") gaunt Perhaps from a Scandinavian source gawk from Middle English gawen, from Old Norse ga (="to heed") gear from Old Norse gørvi (="apparel, gear") geld from Old Norse gelda (="to castrate") gelding from Old Norse geldingr (="wether; eunuch") get geta, gat (got), gittan (gotten) geyser from Icelandic geysir, from Old Norse geysa (="to gush") gift gift (="dowry") gill Possibly related to Old Norse gjölnar girth gjörð (="circumference, cinch") give gefa (="to give") glitter glitra (="to glitter") gloat From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glotta (="to grin, smile scornfully and show the teeth") gosling gæslingr" (="goose") grovel Shakespearean term originating from Old Norse grufeguest 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") H haggle haggen (="to chop") hail heill (="health, prosperity, good luck") hank Probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hönk (="a hank, coil") hap, happy happ (="chance, good luck, fate") harness From Old Norse *hernest (="provisions for an army") via Old French harnoishaunt heimta (="to bring back home") through Anglo-Norman haunter (="to reside", "to frequent"), (Old) French hanter from Norman hanter. haven From Old Norse höfn (="haven, harbor") hit hitta (="to find") how (or howe) haugr (="barrow, small hill") Usage preserved mainly in place names husband husbondi (="master of the house") hug Possibly from Old Norse hugga (="to comfort") I ill illr (="bad") irk yrkja (="to work") J jökulhlaup from Icelandic jökulhlaup from Old Norse jǫkull and hlaup. jarl From Old Norse jarlK kedge Probably from a Scandinavian source or related to "cadge" keg From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kaggi (="keg, cask") keel kjölrkenning a descriptive phrase used in Germanic poetry kick Of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikna (="bend backwards, sink at the knees") kid kið (="young goat") kilt From Middle English kilten, from a Scandinavian source kindle kyndaknife knífrL lad ladd (="young man (unlikely)") lag Possibly from a Scandinavian source, related to Norwegian lagga (="go slowly") lass From a Scandinavian source related to Old Swedish løsk kona (="unmarried woman") or Old Norse löskr (="idle, weak") lathe hlaða (="to load") law *laguleg leggrlemming From Old Norse lomundr via Norwegian lemminglift lypta (="to raise") likely líkligrlink