gearwe

gearwe

See also: geare

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæ͜ɑr.we/, [ˈjæ͜ɑrˠ.we]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *garwu.

Noun

ġearwe f

1. yarrow

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝarowe, yarowe, yarwe, ȝarow, ȝorow, ȝarewe, ȝarwe, yarewe, yarow, yarou
  • English: yarrow

Etymology 2

Related to gearu (“ready, able”); both from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“prepared”). See also Old Norse gǫrr (“accomplished, skilled”).[1]

Adverb

ġearwe (comparative ġearwor, superlative ġearwost or ġearwast)

1. entirely, well, enough
2. (with verbs of knowing) certainly, clearly

Etymology 3

Of North Germanic origin, probably Old Norse gervi.

Noun

ġearwe f pl

1. gear, clothing, attire, arms, armour

Descendants

• English: gear (influenced by Old Norse gervi)

References

• (yarrow): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• (adverb): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• (gear): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1. Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 440