garison

English

Noun

garison (plural garisons)

1. Obsolete form of garrison.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 14:12:

     And the men of the gariſon [Douay-Rheims garniſon] anſwered Jonathan and his armour bearer, and ſaid, Come vp to vs, and wee will ſhew you a thing […]

Middle English

Noun

garison

1. Alternative form of garisoun

Middle French

Etymology

Old French garison.

Noun

garison f (plural garisons)

1. safety (situation or place free from dangers)

Descendants

• French: guérison

References

• garison on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Occitan

Etymology

From garir.

Pronunciation

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Noun

garison f (plural garisons)

1. healing, recovery

Old French

Etymology

garir +‎ -ison.

Noun

garison oblique singular, f (oblique plural garisons, nominative singular garison, nominative plural garisons)

1. defence
2. good; object (positive connotations; a useful object)

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: warison
  • → Middle English: warisoun, wareison, warison, warisowne, warryson, warsoun, waryson, warysone, warysoun, warysowne, warysun, weryson
    • Middle Scots: warisoun, warisone
      • → English: warison, warrison
• Middle French: garison
  • French: guérison
• Norman: dgèrnison (Jersey)
• → Middle English: garisoun, gareisoun, garison, garissoun, garisun, garrisoun, garson, garyson, garysone, garysoun, gerison, geryzoun
  • English: garrison
  • Scots: gairison