"gyr" meaning in Old English

See gyr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡyr/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *gurwī, from Proto-Germanic *gurwijaz (“manure, dung, mud”), related to Proto-Germanic *gurą (“manure”). Cognate with Old Frisian gere, jere, iere (“liquid manure, dirty water”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Old English gyru. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*gurwī}} Proto-West Germanic *gurwī, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gurwijaz|t=manure, dung, mud}} Proto-Germanic *gurwijaz (“manure, dung, mud”), {{cog|gem-pro|*gurą|t=manure}} Proto-Germanic *gurą (“manure”), {{cog|ofs|gere}} Old Frisian gere, {{m+|ang|gyru}} Old English gyru Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=gyr|head2=|sort=}} gyr m, {{ang-noun|m|head=gyr}} gyr m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|gyr}}, {{ang-decl-noun|gyr|gyras|gyr|gyras|gyres|gyra|gyre|gyrum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gyr [nominative, singular], gyras [nominative, plural], gyr [accusative, singular], gyras [accusative, plural], gyres [genitive, singular], gyra [genitive, plural], gyre [dative, singular], gyrum [dative, plural]
  1. mud Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gyr-ang-noun-rwf~kat8
  2. fen, marsh Tags: masculine Categories (place): Wetlands
    Sense id: en-gyr-ang-noun-5Tl~srzH Disambiguation of Wetlands: 10 90 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gor, gyra, gyru
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: gure, gire, girre (adjective)",
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      "text": "Middle English: gure, gire, girre (adjective)"
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        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Middle English: gorry"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gyrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      ]
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      "expansion": "gyr m",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "mud"
      ],
      "id": "en-gyr-ang-noun-rwf~kat8",
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        [
          "mud",
          "mud"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Wetlands",
          "orig": "ang:Wetlands",
          "parents": [
            "Bodies of water",
            "Ecosystems",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Ecology",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Biology",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "fen, marsh"
      ],
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        [
          "fen",
          "fen"
        ],
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          "marsh",
          "marsh"
        ]
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡyr/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    },
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      ],
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    },
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          },
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    }
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    },
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    },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "gyru"
      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *gurwī, from Proto-Germanic *gurwijaz (“manure, dung, mud”), related to Proto-Germanic *gurą (“manure”). Cognate with Old Frisian gere, jere, iere (“liquid manure, dirty water”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Old English gyru.",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "gyr",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gyres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gyra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gyre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gyrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "gor"
    },
    {
      "word": "gyra"
    },
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    }
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  "senses": [
    {
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        "mud"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mud",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fen, marsh"
      ],
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        [
          "fen",
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        ],
        [
          "marsh",
          "marsh"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡyr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyr"
}

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