Gladsheim [Home of joy].

The largest and most magnificent mansion of the Scandinavian Æsir. It contains twelve seats besides the throne of Alfader. The great hall of Gladsheim was calledValhalla.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Girouette
Gis (g soft)
Gitanos
Give and Take (policy)
Give it Him (To)
Give the Boys a Holiday
Give the Devil his Due
Gizzard
Gjallar
Glacis
Gladsheim [Home of joy]
Gladstone Bag (A)
Glamorgan
Glasgow Arms
Glasgow Magistrate (A)
Glass
Glass Breaker (A)
Glass-eye
Glass Houses
Glass Slipper (of Cinderella)
Glasse (Mrs. Hannah)