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Words of all kinds have been my constant companions, my comfort and my career since I was six years old. I can never get enough of them and I revel in learning new words. So, today I present you with a list of some additional medieval words beginning with the letters G. There were so many truly fascinating words for G, that I decided to present it all by its lonesome. The source for all spellings and definitions is “The Orb: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies.” To read the previous selection of words, click here.

GAENGGANG: Pregnant.

GAFOL: Rent.

GAIRTHINX: Donation, gift.

GEBUR: A dependent cultivator of the soil.

GEMOT: A meeting.

GESITH: Companion or personal follower of the king. Later became the thegn.

GESITHCUND MAN: One who belongs by birth to the class of gesiths; in the West Saxon laws appears to be of the same dignity as the eorlcund man of the Kentish laws.

GHAZI: Arabic term meaning “one who took part in a ghazwa,”; later used to designate those who took part in the jihad against the unbelievers. The name was also adopted by associations of warriors, notably in Anatolia.

GHIYAR: The compulsory mark or sign worn by the dhimmis to distinguish them from Muslims. It usually consisted of a patch of cloth of a prescribed color and sometimes also of other items of clothing.

GHULAM: A young, male slave. The term is variously used of a servant or bodyguard, a palace guard or attendant, a young mamluk, or an artisan bound to a master.

GRANGE: (1) A farm estate of a monastery, worked by hired labor and supervised by lay brethren; (2) a system of farming, created by the Cistercians and followed by other orders, which existed outside the manorial system.

GREYFRIARS: See: “Mendicant Orders.”

GRITH: Peace, protection

GRITHBRECH: Breaking of the peace.

GYNAECEA: Women’s quarters.

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