Gurt vs Gert - What's the difference?

Gert is a alternative form of gurt.

As adjectives the difference between gurt and gert

is that gurt is eye dialect of lang=en while gert is big.

As a noun gurt

is a gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

As an acronym GURT

is Genetic use restriction technology; a generic term for proposed or implemented methods to restrict use of genetically modified plants, by ensuring the sterility of any seeds.

As an adverb gert is

very.

gurt

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)

(mining) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.

(Page)

(Webster 1913)

Etymology 2

From great.

Alternative forms

* gert

Adjective

* 1842 , The Sportsman , Volume VI: January to June, page 103,

Zo ?e bought a slap-up rod and tackle, and, ev coose, a darn gurt book vull o? vlies — talk?d about ketchin? whackin? trout, and me — ap a salmon the fust time.

* 1845 , Douglas Jerrold (editor), Shilling Magazine , Volume II: July to December, page 416,

“That was the word,” said Farmer Forder. “Hav?n pocketed the tuppunce, the chap as show?d off the clock opened the case, and let me zee the works of ?un, and wonderful works they was : wheels within wheels, and all sorts o? crinkum-crankums, like a gurt puzzle.”

* 1884 , John Coker Egerton, Sussex Folk and Sussex Ways: Stray Studies in the Wealden Formation of Human Nature , page 27,

“Well, Tom, where did those birds settle?”

“Down there, sir, under that gurt oak-tree.”

Not a bird, however, was to be found.

gert

English

Alternative forms

* gurt

Adjective

(-)

(slang, Bristol) big

That's a gert sandwich.

Adverb

(-)

(slang, Bristol) very

That's a gert big sandwich.

That pizza was gert tasty.

Derived terms

* gert lush