Ȝōs

Canadisce ȝēs

Ȝōs (mid þǣm maniȝfealdum sceape ȝēs) is ƿæterfuȝol. Þǣr sind maniȝ cynn ȝōsa, ac sume fuȝlas þā habbaþ þæt ƿord tō dǣle heora naman ne sind sōþlīce ȝēs, þēah þe hīe sind ȝelīce ȝōsum. Ƿeras þæs cynnes hātaþ "ȝandran".

Ƿordstǣr

Þæt ƿord ȝōs cymþ fram Ǣrindoeuropiscum stocce, *ghans-. On Ȝermaniscum sprǣcum (būton Englisce), se stocc ƿæs on Þēodisce Gans ("ȝōs"), Gänse ("ȝēs"), and Ganter ("ȝandra") and on Ealdum Nōrðisce gās. Þis ƿord ēac ƿæs on Liþþuanisce žąsìs, Īrisce gé (þe mǣneþ sƿann, fram þǣm Ealdīriscan ƿorde géiss), on Lǣdne anser, on Ealdum Crēcise chēn, on Albanisce gatë (þe mǣneþ hrāȝra), on Sanskrite hamsá, on Afestisce zāō, on Polisce gęś, on Russisce гусь (þe mann sæȝþ "ȝusc"), and on Cecisce husa.