A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Geraflour; see [Gerraflour].

[ Gere], sb. gear, apparel, property, material, business, CM, PP, C, C2, C3, S2; geare, S3; ger, C, S3; geeres, pl., habits, manners, C.—Cp. OS. garuwi, gear.

[ Ger-fawcon], sb. a kind of falcon, HD; gerfaucun, Prompt.; gerfawcune, Voc.; gerfawkyn, Voc., Prompt.; gerfaukun, W2; gerfawcun, W2.—Lat. gyrofalconem.

[ Ger-ful], adj. changeable, C, CM. See [Gery].

[ Gerken], v. to prepare, S; see [Ȝarken].

[ Gerland], sb. garland, C3, C; gerelande, PP; garlaunde, PP.—AF. gerlaunde.

[ Gerles], sb. pl. children; see [Gurles].

[ Gern], adv. eagerly, S2; see [Ȝeorne].

[ Gerner], sb. garner, C, PP.—AF. gerner, OF. gernier, grenier; Late Lat. granarium.

[ Gerraflour], sb. gilly-flower, S3; geraflour, HD; gylofre, MD, S2 (s.v. clowe); gyllofre, gariophilus, galiofolus, Prompt.; gillofer, ND, Palsg.; gyllofyr, clove, Prompt.; gillyvor, Sh.; ielofer, S3; gelofer, ND, MD.—Cp. OF. girofle, the clove (Bartsch); Low Lat. gariophilus, (Alph.), also caryophyllum; Gr. καρυόφυλλον, lit. nut-leaf.