gornir

Galician

Alternative forms

• guarnir

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese guarnir, perhaps from Old French guarnir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną and *warnōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɾˈniɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive, archaic) to garnish
   • 1362, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 247:

     huna espada gornyda de prata

     a sword garnished with silver

2. (transitive, dated) to provide, to equip; to ready, to prepare
   • 1390, J. Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 96:

     Et ende vespera do dia que auia de seer a batalla, teendo Calrros os da sua oste moy bẽ agisados t moy bẽ gornidos d'armas et de todo o que avia mester

     Then, the eve of the day that the battle would happen, when Charlemagne had the ones of his army very well prepared and very well equipped with weapons and with everything they could need [...]

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, archaic) to don, to put on

Derived terms

• gornecer
• gornición
• gornimento

References

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• “gornir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gornir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN