garth

Meaning

  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
  2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
  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.
  5. (Germanic) A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
  6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

Translations

غارث

Frequency

C2
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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