gyer

See also: gyér

Norman

Alternative forms

gùerre (continental Normandy)
dgèrre (Jersey)
djère, guère (Guernsey)

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

gyer f (plural gyers)

(Sark) war

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