Old English · noun

gar

Normalised gār

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ɡɑːr/
Syllables: ɡɑːr (1 syllable)
Modern English: spear garfish dart arrow

Meaning

spear, arrow, dart
the runic character (/ɡ/)

Declension

Declension of gar
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gār	gāras
Accusative	gār	gāras
Genitive	gāres	gāra
Dative	gāre	gārum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“pointed stick, spear”). Cognate with Old Frisian gēr, Old Saxon gēr, Old High German gēr, Old Norse geirr.

Descendants

garfish

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