gisarmen.

/ɡɪˈzɑːm/

Forms: α. Middle English gisharm(e, Middle English–1600s gysarm(e, Middle English gesarme, guysarme, 1800s guisarme, Middle English, 1600s, 1800s gisarme. β. Middle English giserne, Middle English gesarne, geserne, guysarne, gysyryne, Middle English–1500s gys(s)erne, 1500s gyssarn, 1600s, 1800s gisarine, (1600s gisaring). Also Middle English gyser.

Etymology: < Old French g(u)isarme, gisarne, etc. (also jusarme), = Provençal gus-, jusarma, Italian giusarma, Old Spanish bisarma, of unknown origin. The English pronunciation with (g) seems to be authenticated by the alliteration in Middle English poetry.

Obsolete exc. Historical.

A kind of battle-axe, bill, or halberd, having a long blade in line with the shaft, sharpened on both sides and ending in a point.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun]

wi-axc897

hand-axeOE

wifleOE

axec1275

poleaxe1294

Danish axe1297

hache1322

gisarmea1325

pollhache1324

spartha1363

battle-axec1380

the sheenc1400

sparc1440

Welsh glaive1483

twibit1510

twibill1558

tomahawkc1612

two-billc1619

sagaris1623

francisca1683

tom-axe1759

tomahawk1761

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4084 Ðurg and ðurg boðen he stong Wið hise gisarme sarp & long.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 288 I schal gif hym of my gyft þys giserne ryche, Þis ax, þat is heue in-nogh.

1460 Lybeaus Disc. 1094 Tho dyghte they hem all to armes, Wyth swerdes and wyth gysarmes.

1664 Floddan Field ii. 11 Some did their grizly gisarings grind.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. iii. 47 Hob Yeoman turns gisarme and bill into ploughshares.

1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 198 A whole cutler's shop of Lances, Halberts, Gisarines.

attributive.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xi. 45 In thair hand wythhaldand, euery knycht, Two javilling speris, or than gyssarn stavis.

Derivatives

giˈsarmier n. [Old French.] one armed with a gisarme.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > axe

sparc1440

sparthc1518

axeman1807

gisarmier1834

poleaxer1885

1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 217 The general habits of the archers, bill-men, and guisarmiers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gisarme
释义	gisarmen. /ɡɪˈzɑːm/ Forms: α. Middle English gisharm(e, Middle English–1600s gysarm(e, Middle English gesarme, guysarme, 1800s guisarme, Middle English, 1600s, 1800s gisarme. β. Middle English giserne, Middle English gesarne, geserne, guysarne, gysyryne, Middle English–1500s gys(s)erne, 1500s gyssarn, 1600s, 1800s gisarine, (1600s gisaring). Also Middle English gyser. Etymology: < Old French g(u)isarme, gisarne, etc. (also jusarme), = Provençal gus-, jusarma, Italian giusarma, Old Spanish bisarma, of unknown origin. The English pronunciation with (g) seems to be authenticated by the alliteration in Middle English poetry. Obsolete exc. Historical. A kind of battle-axe, bill, or halberd, having a long blade in line with the shaft, sharpened on both sides and ending in a point. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > axe > [noun] wi-axc897 hand-axeOE wifleOE axec1275 poleaxe1294 Danish axe1297 hache1322 gisarmea1325 pollhache1324 spartha1363 battle-axec1380 the sheenc1400 sparc1440 Welsh glaive1483 twibit1510 twibill1558 tomahawkc1612 two-billc1619 sagaris1623 francisca1683 tom-axe1759 tomahawk1761 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4084 Ðurg and ðurg boðen he stong Wið hise gisarme sarp & long. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 288 I schal gif hym of my gyft þys giserne ryche, Þis ax, þat is heue in-nogh. 1460 Lybeaus Disc. 1094 Tho dyghte they hem all to armes, Wyth swerdes and wyth gysarmes. 1664 Floddan Field ii. 11 Some did their grizly gisarings grind. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. iii. 47 Hob Yeoman turns gisarme and bill into ploughshares. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies v. 198 A whole cutler's shop of Lances, Halberts, Gisarines. attributive.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xi. 45 In thair hand wythhaldand, euery knycht, Two javilling speris, or than gyssarn stavis. Derivatives giˈsarmier n. [Old French.] one armed with a gisarme. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > axe sparc1440 sparthc1518 axeman1807 gisarmier1834 poleaxer1885 1834 J. R. Planché Hist. Brit. Costume 217 The general habits of the archers, bill-men, and guisarmiers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1325
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