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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

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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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