gearwe

== Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjæ͜ɑr.we/, [ˈjæ͜ɑrˠ.we] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *garwā, perhaps derived from *garu (“prepared, ready (of food”)), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion. ==== Alternative forms ==== ġearuuae — early ==== Noun ==== ġearwe f yarrow ===== Declension ===== Weak n-stem: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: yarwe, ȝarewe, ȝarow, ȝarowe, ȝarwe, ȝorow, yare, yarewe, yarou, yarow, yaroweEnglish: yarrow; >? yarr>? Scots: yarr ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Related to gearu (“ready, able”); both from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“prepared”). See also Old Norse gǫrr (“accomplished, skilled”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ġeare ==== Adverb ==== ġearwe (comparative ġearwor, superlative ġearwost or ġearwast) entirely, well, enough (with verbs of knowing) certainly, clearly ready c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" already c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle" === Etymology 3 === Of North Germanic origin, probably Old Norse gervi. ==== Noun ==== ġearwe f pl gear, clothing, attire, arms, armour ===== Declension ===== Strong i-stem: ===== Descendants ===== English: gear (influenced by Old Norse gervi) ==== References ==== (yarrow): Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (adverb): Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (gear): Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.