gere

v. (wk.)

Gaw, Cl pp. gered

‘to clothe, attire; fashion, construct’ (Modern English gear)

Etymology

cp. OIcel gera, gør(v)a ‘to make, do’ without palatalization < PGmc *garwjan-; cp. OE gierwan (Angl *gerwan), OS garwian, gerwian, OHG garawe. Perhaps derived directly from the ON v., or possibly from the ME n. gere. Formally distinct in the scribal dialect of Gaw from gare (see gart).

PGmc Ancestor

*garwjan-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

gera, gør(v)a 'to make, do' 
(ONP gera (1) (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far gera, Icel gera, gjöra, Norw gjera, Dan runic kaurua, kirua, Dan gøra, Sw göra

OE Cognate

gierwan (Angl *gerwan), 'to prepare, cook, dress, adorn'

Phonological and morphological markers

absence of palatalization of */ɡ/

Summary category

A1*c

Attestation

More widespread than gare (see gart) in early ME; MnE N and War. dial, obsc.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 179, 791, 957 etc.; Cl 1344, 1444, 1568

Bibliography

MED gēren (v.) , OED gear (v.) , HTOED and , EDD gear (sb. and v.), Dance gere (b)(v.), Bj. 151, de Vries gera, Mag gera (1), Bj-L. gjøre, Heid. garwa-, Orel *ʒarwjan-, Kroonen *garwjan-, AEW gierwan