garth

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9
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5
Pronunciation
/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/

Definition of garth

20 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
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noun

  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
  2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
    “a cloister garth”
    “A clapper clapping in a garth / To scare the fowl from fruit.”
  3. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
  4. (Germanic)A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
    “The Candidate for membership of Hof, Garth or Hearth shall hold an Armill, or he may touch an unsheathed Sword throughout the ceremony.”
  5. (Germanic)A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
  6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

name

  1. A number of places in Wales:
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  11. A small settlement in South Nesting, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4754).
  12. A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
  13. A male given name from Welsh, shortened form of Gareth
  14. A surname.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard.

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