gernet

Middle English

Alternative forms

gernad, granate, garnet, garnad, granat

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French grenate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛrnɛt/

Noun

gernet (plural gernetes or gernes)

red, garnet (colour)

Descendants

English: garnet
Scots: garnat

References

“gernet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

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