geer
See also: Geer
English
Noun
geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)
- Obsolete form of gear.
See also
- gottle o' geer
Anagrams
- Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Noun
geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)
- spear
- Synonyms: speer, spies, lans
- (heraldry) gyron
Derived terms
- aalgeer
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch geer, gere, from Old Dutch gero, from Proto-West Germanic *gerō, from Proto-Germanic *gerô.
Noun
geer f (uncountable)
- (obsolete) desire, lust
- Synonym: begeerte
Alternative forms
- ghere (Early Modern)
Related terms
- geren (“to covet”)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.
Noun
gêer m
- spear
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: geer
Further reading
- “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III