different between garn vs gawn

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English garne, from Old English ?earn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn.

Noun

garn (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) yarn (twisted fibers for weaving)

Etymology 2

From go on.

Interjection

garn

1. (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
   • 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion:

     Mrs Pearce: […] She may be married.

     Liza: Garn!

Anagrams

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, gnar, gran, grna, narg, rang

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arn/, [?????n]

Noun

garn n (singular definite garnet, plural indefinite garner or garn)

1. garn, yarn
2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)
3. twine (strong thread)
4. net (used for catching fish)

Inflection

Yarn, thread:

Net, twine:

See also

• garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kartn/
• Rhymes: -artn
• Rhymes: -atn

Noun

garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)

1. yarn

Declension

Middle English

Noun

garn

1. Alternative form of garne

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna or garnene)

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. a net (fishing)

References

• “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arn/, /?a?n/ (examples of pronunciation)

Noun

garn n (definite singular garnet, indefinite plural garn, definite plural garna)

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. a net (fishing)

References

• “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *garn?, whence also Old English ?earn, Old Norse garn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Noun

garn n

1. yarn

Descendants

• Middle High German: garn
  • Cimbrian: gaarn, ghèrn
  • German: Garn
  • Luxembourgish: Gar

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German gern and gerne, Dutch gaarne. These words are ultimately related to yearn in English.

Adverb

garn

1. gladly
2. willingly
3. be likely to

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *??orn-, *??er- (“gut, intestine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

garn n

1. yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting

Declension

Related terms

• bomullsgarn
• garnnystan
• kamgarn
• nylongarn
• redgarn
• ullgarn

Anagrams

• gran, rang

English

Etymology 1

Corrupted from gallon.

Noun

gawn (plural gawns)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A small tub or lading vessel.

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Etymology 2

Corrupted from going.

Verb

gawn

1. (pronunciation spelling) Eye dialect spelling of certain regional pronunciations of going.
   • 1841, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier, The Inheritance, page 8:

     I'm no used to your grandees, and I'm no gawn to begin to learn fashionable mainners noo — so dinna ask me — I'm no gawn to mak a fule o' mysel' at this time o' day.

   • 2007, Jacqueline Wales, When the Crow Sings, page 110:

     Agnes came in dressed in nightgown and curlers. “Are we still gawn to the church bingo the night? I told Bessie I'd be gawn.”

   • 2014, Charles R. Allen, 99 Cent Adventure Time Stories: The House of Weird Sleep, page 3:

     “Ah'm gawn to tear yore skin off with this here whip,” came the guttural voice from behind him. “Then ah'm gawn to rub salt in the cuts an' leave you hyar on the floor.”

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, Wang, g'wan, gnaw, gwan, wang

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?au?n/

Noun

gawn

1. Soft mutation of cawn.

Verb

gawn

1. Soft mutation of cawn.

Mutation