garth

nounattested in dialogue

//ɡɑː(ɹ)θ//

A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

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
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
A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
6
A dam or weir for catching fish.

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, and also a doublet of garden.

Forms

plural: garths

Garrett · A surname originating as a patronymic.garrison · A permanent military post.Garrison · A surname.

garth · A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

Garth · A number of places in Wales: A village in Maesteg community,…Gary · A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular from…Garza · A surname from Spanish.

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