Anglo Saxon word of þe dæg: Gōs
Anglo Saxon word of þe dæg:
ᚪᚾᚷᛚᚩ ᛋᚪᛉᚩᚾ ᚹᚩᚱᛞ ᚩᚠ ᚦᛖ ᛞᚫᚷ᛫
Gōs (goose, or to small children “pure terror“) from Proto Germanic “Gans” . ᚷᚩᛋ᛫
Example:
Hwīlum iċ grǣde swā gōs.
Sometimes I cry like a goose
Exeter Book.
Compare:
West Germanic: *gans
Old English: gōs
Middle English: goos, gosse, goce, gos, gose
English: goose
Scots: guse
Old Frisian: gōs
North Frisian: goos
Saterland Frisian: Gous, Gäise
West Frisian: goes, guos
Old Saxon: *gās, *gōs
Middle Low German: gās, gōs, gūs
German Low German: Goos
Old Dutch: *gans
Middle Dutch: gans
Dutch: gans, goes
Old High German: gans, kans
Middle High German: gans, gas
Alemannic German: Gaas, Gants
German: Gans
Luxembourgish: Gäns, Gaus
Vilamovian: gaons
Old Norse: gás
Icelandic: gæs
Faroese: gás
Norwegian: gås
Old Swedish: gās
Swedish: gås
Old Danish: gās
Danish: gås
Elfdalian: gą̊s
Gutnish: gas
Scanian: gás
Westrobothnian: gås, gas
Gothic: *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans)
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Bonus:
Duce-Ducan (duck, to duck, dive, sink) ( a ) both the action and name for the aquatic bird are from the same etymology. Proto Germanic “dūkaną”. ᛞᚢᚳᛖ᛫
Compare:
West Germanic: *dūkan
Old English: *dūcan
Middle English: duken, douken
Scots: douk, dook
English: duck
Old Frisian: *dūka
Saterland Frisian: duukje
West Frisian: dûke
Old Saxon: *dūkan
Middle Low German: dūken
Low German: duken
Swedish: dyka, duka
Westrobothnian: dūk, däik
Old Dutch: *dūcan
Middle Dutch: duken
Dutch: duiken
Limburgish: duke
Old High German: tūhhan, tūchan
Middle High German: tūchen
German: tauchen
Luxembourgish: dauchen
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