Etymology

gurt

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Today it means: A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift. Full definition →

Middle English girt
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gurt · noun1

Origin obscure. Possibly a metathesis of gutter. Cf. Middle English gout, got (“watercourse, ditch, sluice”)

gurt · adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromgirt
  2. English todaygurt

From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishgirt all →

gertgirt

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