open-ers

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === openers, hopynhars, opyn-herse === Etymology === From Old English openears; equivalent to open +‎ ers. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔːpənɛrs/, /ˈɔːpənars/ === Noun === open-ers (plural open-erses) (rare) The fruit of the common medlar (Crataegus germanica, syn. Mespilus germanica) c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘Reeve's Prologue’, Canterbury Tales (Ellesmere manuscript): ==== Descendants ==== English: open-arse ==== References ==== “ō̆pen-ars, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 May 2019.