gerner

See also: Gerner

Middle English

Alternative forms

• garnell, garner, garnere, gernarde, gerneer, gernere, gernier, greyner, gurner

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gernier, grenier, from Latin grānārium; equivalent to greyn +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛrˈneːr/, /ˈɡɛrnər/, /ˈɡarnər/

Noun

gerner (plural gerners)

1. A granary; a building for storing grain.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 9, verso:

     Wel koude he keepe / a Gerner and a Bynne / Ther was noon Auditour / koude on hym wynne

     He could keep a granary and a grain-bin well, / and there was no auditor who could best him.

2. (by extension) Any storage building.

Descendants

• English: garner
• Scots: girnel, garnel

References

• “gerner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.