GÆRS
- noun [ neuter ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§66;
§280;
§306;
§345;
GRASS, a blade of grass, herb, hay; grāmen, herba, fænum
-
Gærs vel wyrt
herba,
- Ælfc Gr. 4 ;
- Som. 3, 20 : Jn. Bos. 6, 10.
-
Híg and gærs
hay and grass,
- Andr. Kmbl. 76 ;
- An. 38 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 196 ;
- Met. 20. 98.
-
Gyf he máran gærses beþyrfe
if he need more grass,
- L. R. S. 4 ;
- Th. i. 434, 17.
-
Seó eorþe wæstm beraþ, ǽrest gærs, syððan ear, syððan fulne hwǽte on ðam eare
terra fructĭfĭcat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plēnum frumentum in spica,
- Mk. Bos. 4, 28 : Gen. 1, 11 : Num. 22, 4.
-
Ðá he hét ða menegu ofer ðæt gærs hí sittan
cum jussisset turbam discumbĕre sŭper fænum,
- Mt. Bos. 14, 19 : Ps. Sp1. 105, 20.
-
Ofer gærsa cíþas
sŭper grāmĭna,
- Deut. 32, 2.
Etymology
R. Brun. gres
: Laym. græs, gras
: Orm. gresess herbs
: Scot. gers, gerss, gyrs
: O. Sax. gras, n
: Frs. gerz
: O. Frs. gers, gres, n
: Dut. Ger. gras, n
: M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. gras, n
: Goth. gras, n
: Dan. græs, n
: Swed. gräs, n
: Icel. gras, n.
]
Linked entries
v.
gers græs.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “GÆRS.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13121.
Checked: 1