An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

GERS, GYRS, s. Grass, S.
Wyntown.

A. S. gaers, Belg. gars, gers, id.

Gersy, adj. Grassy, S.
Douglas.

Gerss-house, s. A house possessed by a tenant who has no land attached to it, Ang.

Gersslouper, s. A grasshoper, S. B.

Gerss-man, Grass-man, s. A tenant who has no land.
Spalding.

Su. G. graessaeti, id.

Gerss-tack, s. The lease which a gerss-man has, Ang.

GERSOME, GRESSOUME, s. A sum paid to a landlord by a tenant, at the entry of a lease, or by a new heir to a lease or feu, S.
Dunbar.

A. S. gaersuma, gersume, a compensation.