gearwe

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæ͜ɑr.we/, [ˈjæ͜ɑrˠ.we]

From Proto-West Germanic *garwu.

ġearwe f

1. yarrow

• Middle English: ȝarowe, yarowe, yarwe, ȝarow, ȝorow, ȝarewe, ȝarwe, yarewe, yarow, yarou
  • English: yarrow

Related to gearu (“ready, able”); both from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“prepared”). See also Old Norse gǫrr (“accomplished, skilled”).[1]

ġearwe (comparative ġearwor, superlative ġearwost or ġearwast)

1. entirely, well, enough
2. (with verbs of knowing) certainly, clearly

Of North Germanic origin, probably Old Norse gervi.

ġearwe f pl

1. gear, clothing, attire, arms, armour

• English: gear (influenced by Old Norse gervi)

• (yarrow): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• (adverb): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• (gear): Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gearwe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.