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and Lucius grandsons
Caesonia, Caligula’s mistress and wife, 269; threatened by him, 275; slain, 291. Caesario, son of Cleopatra by Caesar, 82. Caius and Lucius, grandsons of Augustus, 89; their death, 118.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

and local groups
But even in such myths as those of the Kula, which have become the [ 330 ] property of all clans and local groups within the district, the explicit statement of the hero’s clan, sub-clan and of his village gives the whole myth a stamp of actuality and reality.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

a loose gown
THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER Governor Bellingham, in a loose gown and easy cap—such as elderly gentlemen loved to endue themselves with, in their domestic privacy—walked foremost, and appeared to be showing off his estate, and expatiating on his projected improvements.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

at last gave
While he was trying his luck in milking, and managing the matter very clumsily, the uneasy beast began to think him very troublesome; and at last gave him such a kick on the head as knocked him down; and there he lay a long while senseless.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

a little game
They beat up a little game peradventure—and leave it to knottier heads, more robust constitutions, to run it down.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

and looked grave
So upon that, he smirked, and simpered, and looked grave, and seemed to know something or other, and at last he said in a whisper, 'For fear any unpleasant report should reach the young ladies under your care as to their sister's indisposition, I think it advisable to say, that I believe there is no great reason for alarm; I hope Mrs. Dashwood will do very well.'" "What!
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

all Liputin gasped
… I even think that instead of many hundreds of quintets in Russia, we are the only one that exists, and there is no network at all,” Liputin gasped finally.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

a little Golosg
somewhat, partly Goachol, a. somewhat puny Gob, n. a mound, a pad Gobaill, n. a coarse flour Gobaillio, v. to make coarse flour Gobaith, n. hope, expectation Gobant, n. small dingle Gobed, n. a cobiron Gobeithgar, a. hopeful Gobeithiad, n. a hoping Gobeithio, v. to hope Gobeithiol, a. hoping Gobeithioldeb, n. hopefulness Gobell, n. a pad, a saddle Gobellu, v. to pad, to saddle Goben, n. a penultima Gobenol, a. penultimate Gobenu, v. to conclude nearly Gobenydd, n. a bolster Gobenyddiad, n. a bracketing; bolstering Gobenyddu, v. to bolster Gober, n. operation, deed Goberiad, n. an operating Goberol, a. operating, effective dubbingly Goberu, v. to operate Gobiso, v. to discharge urine Goblyg, n. a half double Gobr, n. recompense; fee; wages; bride Gobriad, n. recompense Gobrid, n. what is somewhat dear; a. somewhat dear Gobrol, a. compensative Gobru, v. to compensate, to fee Gobrwy, n. reward, fee Gobrwyad, n. a rewarding Gobrwyaeth, n. act of feeling Gobrwyedigaeth, n. remuneration, the act of hiring Gobrwyo, v. to reward, to remunerate; to bride Gobrwyol, a. rewarding Gobryn, n. dessert, merit Gobrynol, a. meriting Gobryniad, n. a meriting Gohrynu, v. to merit, to deserve Gobwyll, n. consideration Gobwyllo, v. to consider Gobwyllus, a. considerate Gobwys, n. tendency to press Gobwyso, v. to gravitate Goganu, v. to lampoon, to sing ironically Gochel, v. to avoid, to beware Gocheladwy, a. avoidable Gochelgar, a. apt to shun Gochelgarwch, circumspection Gocheliad, n. a shunning Gochelog, a. avoiding, wary Gochelyd, v. to avoid, to shun Gochrymu, v. to crouch Gochrynu, v. to quake a little Gochwaeth, n. a slight taste Gochwerw, a. somewhat bitter Gochwilio, v. to search slightly Gochwith, a. rather awkward Gochwyth, n. a slight puff God, n. incontinence; adultery Godaer, a. slightly importunate Godaran, n. a hollow murmur Godarth, n. slightly vapour Godawel, a. somewhat Godeb, n. incontinence Godhog, a. incontinent Godebyg, a. slight, similar Godech, n. a lurk, a skulk Godechfa, n. a lurking place Godechiad, n. a lurking about Godechwr, n. a skulker Godeneu, a. somewhat thin Godew, a. somewhat thick, or fat Godid, n. what is out of order Godidog, a. rare; excellent God dogrwydd, n. excellence Godineb, n. adultery Godinebiad, n. an adultering Godinebus, a. adulturous Godinebu, v. to commit adultery Godinebwr, n. an adulterer Godlawd, a somewhat poor Gododdi, v. to dissolve partly Godor, n. a rupture; a let Godori, v. interrupt; to let Godoriant, n. interruption Godre, n. a skirt, or edge Godread, n. a skirting Godref, n. lodge Godrem, n. a glance Godremu, v. to glance Godrig, n. delay; an abode Godro, n. a milking; v. to milk Godroad, n. act of milking Godrudd, a. slightly agitated Godrwy, n. a wreath, a chain Goduth, n. a jog trot Godwrdd, n. murmur Godwyth, n. slight elasticity Gody, n. a shed, an outhouse Godyrfu, v. to rumble Goddail, n. tender leaves Goddaith, n. a smothering fire, a burning of a wild Goddan, n. shrubs, shrubbery Godde, n. a design, purpose: v. to design, to intend Goddef, n. sufferance, leave Goddefaint, n. sufferance Goddefgar, a. forbearing Goddefiad, n. a suffering Goddefiant, n. sufferance Goddefol, a. passive Goddefus, a. passive; forbearing Goddeg, n. utterance, speech Goddegiad, n. enunciation Goddeithiad, n. a consuming Goddeithio, v. to burn heath, &c. Goddenu, v. to allure gently Goddeu, n. intent, to design; v. to intend Goddif, n. a fling: v. to fling Goddiweddydd, n. day of doom Goddiweddiad, n. an overtaking Goddiweddu, v. to overtake Goddiweddwr, n. overtaker Goddiwes, v. to overtake Goddiwesu, v. to come up with Goddiwestwr, n. overtaker Goddolawg, a. endowed Goddoli, v. to enrich, to endow Godduned, n. a vow; pledge Godduw, n. a demigod Goddwr, n. an adviser Goddyar, n. soft murmur Goddyariad, n. a murmuring Goddyaru, v. to murmur Goddyfod, v. to come gradually Goddyn, n. an axis Goen, n. influence, bias Goer, n. freshness: a. fresh Gof, n. smith; metallurgist Gofail, n. smithy Gofal, n. care, anxiety, solicitude, charge Gofalhad, n. becoming anxious Gofalhau, v. to grow anxious Gofaliad, n. a taking care Gofalu, v. to care, to mind Gofalus, a. careful, solicitous Gofalwr, n. a care-taker Gofaniaeth, n. a smith’s craft Gofar, n. wrath, ire, fury Gofaran, a. apt to be forward Gofas, a. somewhat shallow Gofeg, n. mind; will; affection Gofegol, a. mental Gofeiliant, n. solicitude Gofer, n. a rivulet, a rill Goferiad, n. an effusion Goferol, a. purling, rippling Goferu, v. to effuse slowly Gorferwi, v. to parboil Gofid, n. affliction, grief Gofidiad, n. an afflicting Gofidio, v. to afflict, to grieve Gofidiol, a. afflixing, vexing Gofidus, a. vexatious, grievous Goflaen, n. a front station Goflawd, n. mill dust Goflodi, v. to sprinkle flour Goflwch, n. a small box Gofod, n. a space, a while Gofras, a. somewhat course Gofreg, n. frolic gambol Gofregedd, n. frolicsomeness Gofri, n. attribute; glory Gofriad, n. an attribution Gofriol, a. conferring dignity Gofrwy, n. a spread out Gofrwyd, n. a quirk, a maze Gofrwysg, n. half drunk Gofryd, n. design, purpose Gofryn, n. a hillock Gofrys, n. a slight haste Gofunad, n. a vow; a wish Gofunedu, v. to make a vow Gofurthiach, n. slight bickering Gofwr, n. a mound Gofwy, n. a visit, a visitation Gofwyo, v. to visit Gofwyad, n. visitation Gofwyedig, a. visited Gofwyol, a. visiting Gofydd, n. an artist Gofyddeb, n. a canon: or correspondence Gofyddebol, a. scientific; canonical Gofyddiad, n. a rendering scientific, or regular Gofyddu, v. to render scientific Gofygedd, n. a dignified state Gofyn, n. a demand, question: v. to demand, to ask Gofynag, n. confidence, trust Gofynaig, n. a request Gofynedigaeth, n. an inquiry Gofynedigol, a. inquistorial Gofyniad, n. an asking; question Gofynol, a. inquisitive, asking Gofynnod, note of interrogation Goffrwd, n. a streamlet Gog, n. velocity; plenty; the cuckoo Gogaled, a. somewhat hard Gogam, a. somewhat crooked Gogan, n. satire, a lampoon Goganiad, n. a lampooning Goganol, a. lampooning Goganu, v. to satrize, to lampoon Goganwawd, n. irony Gogarth, n. that is cleansing Gogawn, n. capability; energy, plentitude: a. capable Gogawn, v. to endue with power Gogawr, n. a fodder Gogel, a. somewhat concealed Gogelu, v. to shelter Gogelus, a. apt to shun; very careful Gogelyd, v. to shun, to avoid Gogerdd, n. a burlesque Gogern, n. a leer, a sly look Gogi, v. to shake, to agitate Gogil, n. small decline Gogiliad, n. a slight recession Gogilio, v. to recede slightly Gogis, n. a gentle slap Goglais, n. a tickle Goglawd, n. a murmur, a hum Gogledd, n. the north: a. north Gogleddiad, a going northward Gogleddol, a. northern Gogleddu, v. to veer northward Gogleddwr, n. a Norman Gogleisiad, n. a tickling Gogleisio, v. to tickle Goglud, n. a dependance, trust: v. to depend Goglywed, v. to over-hear Gognoi, v. to gnaw slightly Gogochi, v. to give a red hue Gogof, n. a cavern, a den Gogofawg, a. cavernous Goganawl, a. glorious, exalted Gogonedd, n. that is exalted, glorification: a. glorious Gogoneddu, to exalt; to glorify Gogoneddus, a. glorious, grand Gogoni, v. to make glorious Gogoniant, n. glory; grandeur Gogoriad, n. foddering Gogorio, v. to fodder Gogr, n. a sieve, a sierce Gograid, n. a sieveful Gogrin, a. somewhat brittle Gogrisbin, a. partly crinkled Gogrych, a. partly curled Gogrwr, n. a sifter, a siercer Gogryddes, n. a female shifter Gogryn, v. to sift, to bolt Gogryniad, n. shifting, a bolting Gogrynwr, n. a shifter Goguddio, v. to hide partly Gogus, n. daliance, a toying Gogusol, a. dallying, toying Gogwy, a. full of motion, active Gogwydd, n. obliquity, bent Gogwyddedigaeth, n. an inclination, a declination Gogwyddiad, n. an inclination Gogwyddo, v. to incline, to lean Gogwyddol, inclining, tending Gogydryw, n. homogeny: a homogenial Gogyfaddaw, v. to threaten Gogyfarch, a conspicuous Gogyfartal, a. co-equal, similar Gogyfiad, n. equalization Gogyfled, n. mean breadth: a. of equal breadth Gogyfnos, n. partial twilight Gogyfoed, a. partly coetaneous Gogyfred, a. partly concurrent Gogyfres, a. of uniform range Gogyfun, a. partially united Gogyfurdd, n. a compeer Gogyfuwch, a. of equal height Gogyffrawd, n. slight impulse Gogyffred, n. slight idea Gogyhyd, a. of equal length Grogylch, n. a circumference Gogylchiaith, n. periphrasis Gogymaint, of equal magnitude Gogynnal, v. to uphold equally Gogysgod, n. a phantom Goheb, n. correspondence Gohebiad, n. a corresponding Gohebol, a. corresponding Gohebu, to talk; to correspond Gohebwr, n. a correspondent Gohen, n. inclination; bias Gohil, n. that is but half produce; a degenerate breed Gohir, n. a linger, a delay Gohiriad, n. a lingering; an adjournment Gohirio, v. to delay, to adjourn Gohiriol, a. prolonging, delaying; lingering Gohiriwr, n. prolonger Gohorian, v. to act sluggishly Gohew, a. pretty, sprightly Gohyd, n. a mean length Goian, n. the Omnipresent Gol, n. covering, vesture Golaeth, n. adoration, worship Golaith, n. death; dissolution: v. to cause disolution Golam, n. a hop, a skip Golas, n. pale bluish: a. bluish Golast, n. a hoop that is put under a bee-hive Golau, n. light: a. light Golch, n. lie; urine; wash Golchbren, n. wash beetle Golchfa, n. a washing place Golchffon, n. a battingstaff Golchi, v. to wash, to cleanse Golchiad, n. a washing Golchion, n. slops; suds Golchioni, v. to make slops Golchwr, n. a washer Golchydd, n. a washer Golchwraig, n. washer-women Gole, n. a splendour Goleâu, v. to illumine Golechu, v. to skulk, to lurk Goledu, v. partly, to expand Goleddf, n. slight obliquity Goleddfu, v. to go a little awry Golefain, v. to cry faintly Goleithio, v. to cause dissolution Goleithwch, n. state of dissolution Goleithychu, v. to bring into a state of dissolution Golemain, v. to hobble, to hop Golesg, a. somewhat feeble Goleu, n. light: a. light Goleuâd, n. an illumination; a luminary; a light Golëadol, a. illuminative Golëannu, v. to illumine Goleuant, n. illumination Goleuder, n. light; brightness Goleuddal, n. a chandelier Goleuddydd, n. a splendid day Goleuedigaeth, n. the act of enlightening Goleuen, n. a glow-worm Goleufawr, a. refulgent Goleufer, n. light, splendour Goleuferu, v. to make luminous Goleufynag, n. explanation Goleulawn, a. refulgent Goleuliw, n. a light hue: a. of a light hue Goleulosg, n. a bright burning Goleulosgi, v. to burn brightly Goleuni, n. light: illustration Goleunwy, n. gaslight Goleuo, v. to enlighten, to give light; to reveal Goleuol, a. enlightening Goleuwr, n. a lighter Geleuydd, n. a lighter Golewychu, v. to shine faintly Golf, n. a swallow; a gulf Golfan, n. a sparrow Goliniaw, to push with the knee Golith, n. a gradual training Golithro, v. to slip gradual Goliw, n. a faint hue Goliwiad, n. a giving a tint Goliwio, v. to tint faintly Golo, n. a covering Golöi, v. to envelope; to protect Golöad, n. all enveloping Golochi, v. to protect partly Golochwyd, n. a retreat Golochwyda, v. to live secluded Golochwydol, a. eremetical Golöed, n. a covering Golof, n. a covert, a shelter Goloni, v. to cheer a little Golosg, n. coke: a. coked Golosged, n. char; the snuff of a candle; tinder Golosgi, v. to char; to singe Golosgiad, n. a charring Goluch, n. adoration worship Golucho, v. to adore, to worship Golud, n. wealth, riches Goludiad, n. a making wealthy Goludog, a. wealthy, rich Goludogi, v. to make wealthy Goludd, n. an obstruction Goluddiad, n. an obstructing Goluddio, v. to obstruct slightly Goluddias, n. slight obstruction Golwch, n. adoration Golwg, n. sight, look, view Gulwrch, n. a box Golwst, n. an interpreter Golwth, n. couch, sofa Golwybr, n. a slight trace Golwyth, n. a collop Golwytho, v. to cut chops Golychiad, n. a worshipping Golychu, v. to adore, to worship Golychwyd, n. worship Golygfa, n. scenery, scene Golygiad, n. a looking; vision Golygiadu, v. to superintend Golygiannu, v. to speculate Golygiant, n. scene Golygol, a. perspective Golygu, v. to behold, to view Golygus, a. sightly, comely Golygwr, n. speculator, overseer, intendant; an editor Golyn, n. guard of a sword Golyrchiad, n. a boxful Gollwng, n. a loosing: v. to loosen, to let go Gollyngdod, n. absolution, acquittal Gollyngiad, n. a loosening, a letting go; remission Gollyngol, a. loosening Gollyngwr, n. a loosener Gomach, n. a shank, a shin Gommedd, n. a refusal: v. to refuse Gommeddiad, n. a refusing Gonaddu, v. to shave, to plane Gonaid, n. a hop Goneges, n. a petty errand Gonest, a. honest Gonestrwydd, n. honesty Gonestu, v. to become honest Gonofio, v. to swim partly Gonwyf, n. liveliness Gor, n. an extreme; an opening; a rim; a gore, a puss; a brood.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

a lurid glare
If thou art willing for a time to remain in darkness, and take service as a gentleman about my household, I can almost promise that the gloom of thy ignorance on many matters may soon be dispelled by a lurid glare which shall be red enough, even to thy liking.
— from The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts by Charles S. Bentley

a little grimly
“Eh, bien?” said his polite companion, stopping simultaneously, and staring in his face a little grimly.
— from Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

any longer Glyn
And so, after putting up with a good deal, and obeying my orders till he couldn’t stand it any longer, Glyn took your part and thrashed the fellow, eh?”
— from Glyn Severn's Schooldays by George Manville Fenn

a little grain
" Since his death they have given it first rank, and I will quote one verse: As within a little rose we find the richest dyes, As in a little grain of gold much price and value lies, And as from a little balsam much odor doth arise, So in a little woman there's a gleam of paradise.
— from The Key to Success by Russell H. Conwell

a long grueling
It had been a long, grueling hunt, tracking him, following him, studying him, tracing his movements and habits, plotting trap after trap, driving the man to desperation.
— from A Man Obsessed by Alan Edward Nourse

a little glory
Fun and frolic they love well enough, it is true; neither do they fear to run a risk of misunderstanding, sometimes, for the sake of a little glory and a brave adventure.
— from North Italian Folk: Sketches of Town and Country Life by Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr

A long gallery
A long gallery in the convent of Ste.
— from The Chevalier d'Auriac by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

and Lake Guyon
This rather striking insect has occurred at Wellington in the North Island, and at Christchurch and Lake Guyon in the South Island.
— from New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera) by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

and lesse Greeke
The story must be regarded as Shakespeare's answer to Jonson's sneer that he had “little Latine and lesse Greeke.”
— from The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story by Frank Harris

and lofty genius
The dark and lofty genius which they display, their indistinct but solemn pictures of heroic passions, love, battle, victory, and death, were appropriate food for Napoleon's young imagination; and, his taste being little scrupulous as to minor particulars, Ossian continued to be through life his favourite poet.
— from The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart


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