gornir

Galician

Alternative forms

• guarnir

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese guarnir, from Early Medieval Latin warnīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoɾˈniɾ/

Verb

gornir

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, editor, 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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• gornecer
• gornición
• gornimento

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “guarnir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gornir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “gornir” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gornir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gornir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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