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The word kêr or gêr is attested since the 8th century (Hildebrandslied 37, Heliand 3089).
Gar and cognates is a frequent element in Germanic names, male, Gary, Hrothgar, Holger, Ansgar, Gernot, Rüdiger, Gerhart, Gerald, female Gertrut, Gerlint.
Garseand survived in Southern France as Garçon to designate either all male youth, or a spear bearing arm.
The term survives into Modern German as Ger or Gehr (Grimm 1854) with a generalized meaning of "gusset" besides "spear". In contemporary German, the word is used exclusively in antiquated or poetic context, and a feminine Gehre is used in the sense of "gusset".
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