garn

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)n

From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn. Doublet of yarn.

garn (uncountable)

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

From go on.

garn

1. (Cockney slang) A response that expresses disbelief or mockery.
   • 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:

     mrs pearce. […] But you dont know anything about her. What about her parents? She may be married. / liza. Garn! / higgins. There! As the girl very properly says, Garn! Married indeed! Dont you know that a woman of that class looks a worn out drudge of fifty a year after shes married?

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

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/, [ɡ̊ɑːˀn]

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

1. garn, yarn
2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material)

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

1. twine (strong thread)
2. net (used for catching fish)

• garn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Compare German gerne.

garn

1. (Erzgebirgisch) gladly
2. (Erzgebirgisch) willingly
3. (Erzgebirgisch) be likely to

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /ka(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/
• Rhymes: -artn
• Rhymes: -atn

garn n (genitive singular garns, no plural)

1. yarn

• garne

Borrowed from Old Norse garn, both from Proto-Germanic *garną. Doublet of yarn.

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/

garn (uncountable)

1. Yarn; a length of fibre used to weave.

   Synonym: yarn

• English: garn (obsolete)

• “garn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɳ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɳ

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

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. clipping of fiskegarn

• “garn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡarn/, /ɡaʁn/, /ɡaɳ/

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

1. (uncountable) yarn (spun thread)
2. clipping of fiskegarn

• “garn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *garn, see also Old English ġearn, Old Norse garn.

garn n

1. yarn

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

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

garn

1. gladly
2. willingly
3. be likely to

From Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰorn-, *ǵʰer- (“gut, intestine”).

(fishnet): Compare Danish and Norwegian garn (“yarn, fishnet”).

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garn n

1. yarn; a twisted strand of fiber used for e.g. knitting
   • 1969, Lasse Berghagen, “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the Teddy Bear]”‎^[2]:

     Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.

     Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name. Once he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose [it – redundant] was made of yarn [was of yarn]. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.

garn n

1. a fishing net

   Synonym: fisknät

   snärja någon i sitt garn

   ensnare someone in one's net (figurative, idiomatic)

• garn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• garn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• garn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• gran, rang