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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gernier, grenier, from Latin grānārium; equivalent to greyn + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛrˈneːr/, /ˈɡɛrnər/, /ˈɡarnər/
Noun
gerner (plural gerners)
- 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 , →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.
- (by extension) Any storage building.
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