Definition of "gerfalcon" [ger•fal•con]

• Variant of gyrfalcon. (noun)

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• "[Footnote 4: A gerfalcon is a large falcon of Northern Europe.] "Oft to his frozen lair"
• "And who that putteth that knight to the worse shall have a fair maid and a gerfalcon."
• "Uwaine smote down thirty knights, therefore was given him the prize, and that was a gerfalcon, and a white steed trapped with cloth of gold."