Gaels the race of Gaelic-speaking Celts, displaced by the Anglo-Saxon invasions in the 5th and 6th centuries.
Gilbert White a minister and observer of nature (1720–1793).
given an angel each an "angel" is a medieval coin bearing a figure of the archangel Michael piercing a dragon.
goshawk a large, swift, powerful hawk with short wings and a long, rounded tail.
greaves pieces of armor that cover the shins.
griffin a mythical monster with the body and hind legs of a lion and the head, wings, and claws of an eagle.
guillemot a shorebird.
heather a type of heath-grass with small purple flowers.
Hecate a goddess of the moon, earth, and underground realm of the dead, later regarded as the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft.
helot one of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta.
Hic, Haec, Hoc a joke by Sir Ector, who is pretending to offer the declension (or breakup of verb tenses) for his drunken hiccup.
hostelry inn.
hummocks low, rounded hills.
hurdy-gurdy an early instrument shaped like a lute or violin but played by turning a crank attached to a rosined wheel that causes the strings to vibrate.
