Gerned vs Garned - What's the difference?
gerned | garned |
(gern)
(obsolete) To grin.
(obsolete) To yawn.
* Spenser
* 1995 , Gerald Martin Bordman, American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914–1930 ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=mmr35sTB0AoC] Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195090780, page 173,
* 2004 July 11, “ing”, “
* 2007 , Robert Niedzwiecki, "SU’s win twice as nice for Lunsfords", The Winchester Star , October 18, 2007
* 2007 , "USF women's hoops picked sixth", Examiner.com, Oct 10, 2007
As verbs the difference between gerned and garned
is that gerned is (gern) while garned is .gerned
English
Verb
(head)gern
English
Verb
(en verb)- [He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern .
garned
English
Verb
(head)- The playing could not have been at fault, since the two principals garned notices every bit as friendly as the play’s.
Re: Bradbury's pissed”, in misc.writing, Usenet ,
- No, you are not disqualified -- but if your information is garned from other sources, it is subject to those sources [sic] opinions and their viewpoints ... and hence, cannot be truly your opinion, unless you feel the need to exactly mirror *their* opinions, based on their say-so. [ellipsis in original]
- Waynesburg is now 6-0 and ranked No. 25 in the AFCA Division III poll, though the Yellow Jackets haven’t garned so much as a single vote in the D3football.com poll.
- Loyola Marymount garned one first-place vote.