different between geer vs geep

English

Noun

geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers)

1. Obsolete form of gear.

Anagrams

• Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n)

1. spear
2. (heraldry) gyron

Synonyms

• (spear): speer, spies, lans

Derived terms

• aalgeer

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *g?r, from Proto-West Germanic *gai?, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Noun

gêer m

1. spear

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: geer

Further reading

• “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page III

English

Etymology

Blend of goat +? sheep

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?p

Noun

geep (plural geeps)

1. A sheep-goat hybrid, an animal with DNA from a goat and from a sheep (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).

Synonyms

• shoat

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *gum ~ *guum ~ *g(??)m (“to blow; to winnow”).

Verb

geep

1. to winnow rice with a tray

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