gare-fowln.

/ˈɡɛːfaʊl/

Forms: Also 1600s, 1800s gairfowl.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse geir-fugl.

Etymology: < Old Norse geir-fugl = Faroese gorfuglur, Swedish garfogel, Danish (from Icelandic) geirfugl. Hence also Gaelic gearbhul garefowl, and French gorfou a sort of penguin. The meaning of the first part of the compound is uncertain.

The great auk ( Alca impennis).

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca impennis (great auk (extinct))

penguin1578

wobble1672

gare-fowl1698

c1549 ? Munro in Sibbald De Animalibus Scotiæ 22 Avis Gare dicta, Corvo Marino Similis, ovo maximo.]

1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 25 Gairfowl..above the Size of a Solan Goose, of a Black Colour.

1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. Gair-fowl, vide Auk-Great.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 265 Then we shall not be sorry because we cannot get a Gairfowl to stuff.

1894 A. Newton in Athenæum 3 Mar. 281/3 Imagination has long had a large share in the accounts given of the garefowl or great auk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gare-fowl
释义	gare-fowln. /ˈɡɛːfaʊl/ Forms: Also 1600s, 1800s gairfowl. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse geir-fugl. Etymology: < Old Norse geir-fugl = Faroese gorfuglur, Swedish garfogel, Danish (from Icelandic) geirfugl. Hence also Gaelic gearbhul garefowl, and French gorfou a sort of penguin. The meaning of the first part of the compound is uncertain. The great auk ( Alca impennis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > genus Alca > alca impennis (great auk (extinct)) penguin1578 wobble1672 gare-fowl1698 c1549 ? Munro in Sibbald De Animalibus Scotiæ 22 Avis Gare dicta, Corvo Marino Similis, ovo maximo.] 1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 25 Gairfowl..above the Size of a Solan Goose, of a Black Colour. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. Gair-fowl, vide Auk-Great. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 265 Then we shall not be sorry because we cannot get a Gairfowl to stuff. 1894 A. Newton in Athenæum 3 Mar. 281/3 Imagination has long had a large share in the accounts given of the garefowl or great auk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1698
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