Etymology

cp. OIcel gǫrr (and cp. VAN KAruR on the Rök stone), neut. gǫr-t (< PGmc *garwa-; cp. OE gearu ‘ready’, OS garu, OHG garo), which functioned as the pp. of gera, gør(v)a, and from which a verbal stem in /a/ could have been extrapolated (see further Dance).

PGmc Ancestor

*garwa-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

gǫrr (neut. gǫr-t), pp. of gera, gør(v)a  'to make, do' 
(ONP gera (1) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far ger-, Icel ger, ODan gør, Dan gør-, OSw gor, gör

OE Cognate

cp. gearu (adj.) ‘ready’

Phonological and morphological markers

absence of palatalization of */ɡ/

Summary category

A1*c

Attestation

Forms of the v. gare with the meaning 'to do or make' are for the most part restricted to N and E in ME.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 2460; Pe 86, 331, 1151; Cl 690, 896, 1361 etc.; WA 191, 1219, 3860 etc.

Bibliography

MED gēren (v.) , OED gar (v.) , HTOED , Dance gart, Bj. 151-2, de Vries gera; gǫrr, Mag gera (1); ger (3), Bj-L. gjøre, Heid. garwa-, Orel *ʒarwaz; *ʒarwjan-, Kroonen *garwa-; *garwjan-, AEW gearu; gierwan