gairn.

Brit.

/ɡɛː/, U.S.

/ɡɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English

/ɡer/

Forms: Also gare.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse geire.

Etymology: < Old Norse geire weak masculine, of the same meaning = Old English gára gore n.²

Scottish and northern dialect.

An isolated strip of tender grass.

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1807 A. Duncan in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 3 524 Heath intermixed with gairs, that is, strips of very fine grass.

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 37 They had amaist gane wi' a' the gairs i' our North Grain.

1880 J. MacFarlane in D. H. Edwards 100 Mod. Sc. Poets 1st Ser. 34 The martyrs..Forgathered on some green gair.

1882 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 452 These ‘green gairs’ and the patches of marshy ground broke up the continuity of the heather.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words A gair is a bright, green, grassy spot, surrounded by bent or heather. Also an irregular strip of green turf running down the side of a moorland hill.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gair
释义	gairn. Brit. /ɡɛː/, U.S. /ɡɛ(ə)r/, Scottish English /ɡer/ Forms: Also gare. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse geire. Etymology: < Old Norse geire weak masculine, of the same meaning = Old English gára gore n.² Scottish and northern dialect. An isolated strip of tender grass. ΚΠ 1807 A. Duncan in Prize Ess. & Trans. Highland Soc. Scotl. 3 524 Heath intermixed with gairs, that is, strips of very fine grass. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck I. 37 They had amaist gane wi' a' the gairs i' our North Grain. 1880 J. MacFarlane in D. H. Edwards 100 Mod. Sc. Poets 1st Ser. 34 The martyrs..Forgathered on some green gair. 1882 J. Hardy in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 452 These ‘green gairs’ and the patches of marshy ground broke up the continuity of the heather. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words A gair is a bright, green, grassy spot, surrounded by bent or heather. Also an irregular strip of green turf running down the side of a moorland hill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807
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