Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧerọ̄nẹ̄ adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧerọ̄nẹ̄ adj. Also gerundi, jerounde. |
| Etymology | OF gironé, geroné. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Her. Of a shield or the field of a coat of arms: divided into gyrons or triangular sections, gyronny.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8708 : He bare his corneres gerone, He beres grene and he asure, Engreled with a fair bordure.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2891 : Thorowe a jerownde schelde, he jogges hym thorowe, And a fyn gesserawnte of gentill mayles.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)980 : And for the regyon off Ynde, that in the este hat the syght, That asure and gold gerundy bare.