garth
Meaning
- A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
- A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
- A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England
- (Germanic) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
- (Germanic) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
- A dam or weir for catching fish.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
Etymology
In summary
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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