djère

Norman

Alternative forms

gùerre (continental Normandy)
dgèrre (Jersey)
guère (Guernsey)
gyer (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French guere, from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (“confusion, disarray”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).

Noun

djère f (plural djères)

(Guernsey) war

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