Geard

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Descendents 1.5 Related words

Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *garda-, from Indo-European *ghardh- ‘yard, court’. Cognate with Old Frisian garda, Old Saxon gardo (Dutch gaard), Old High German gart (German Garten), Old Norse garðr (Swedish gård), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰, 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Slavic *gordъ (Old Church Slavonic градъ, Russian город ‘town’), Albanian gardh ‘fence’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /jæaɹd/

Noun

Ä¡eard m

1. an enclosure, an enclosed place; a yard, a garden, dwelling, a court, a region or land

   Brade synd on worulde grene geardas: in the world are broad green regions.

Descendents

• English yard

Related words

• gyrdan