garf

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • garve

Etymology

From Middle Dutch garve, from Old Dutch garva, from Proto-West Germanic *garbā (“sheaf”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
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Noun

garf f (plural garven)

  1. (agriculture) sheaf, bundled grain
  2. (by extension) rent (as paid by a tenant farmer or peasant)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • garfboer
  • garfpacht
  • garfplichtig

References
  1. Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “garf”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
  2. van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “garf”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 311
  3. http://etymologiebank.ivdnt.org/trefwoord/garf1
  4. https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sijs002chro01_01/sijs002chro01_01_0035.php?q=garf#hl1
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