gard

See also: Gard, Gärd, Garth, gaard, garth, gárð, gärd, gård, and gǫ́rð

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑː(ɹ)d/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
• Homophones: garde, guard

Etymology 1

From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard).

Noun

gard (plural gards)

1. (obsolete) A garden.

Etymology 2

Noun

gard (plural gards)

1. Obsolete spelling of guard.

Verb

gard (third-person singular simple present gards, present participle garding, simple past and past participle garded)

1. Obsolete spelling of guard.

References

• “gard”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Grad, darg, drag, grad

Gothic

Romanization

gard

1. romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡart/
• Rhymes: -art
• Syllabification: gard

Noun

gard m inan

1. obsolete form of gród

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “gród”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Kholosi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian گرد (gard).

Noun

gard ?

1. dust

References

• Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx‎, pages 13-36

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

gard

1. alternative form of garde

Etymology 2

Noun

gard

1. alternative form of garth

Middle Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse garðr (“enclosed space, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“court, yard, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós (“enclosure”), from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”). Cognate with English yard, garden.

Noun

garð f (garðeu)

1. garden, enclosure

Descendants

• Welsh: gardd

Mutation

Mutated forms of garð

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
garð	arð	garð pronounced with /ŋ-/	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gardd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from the root *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Noun

gard m (definite singular garden, indefinite plural garder, definite plural gardene)

1. alternative form of gård

Derived terms

• gardbruker
• gardsarbeid
• prestegard

References

• “gard” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from the root *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). Akin to English yard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːr/, /ɡɑːɽ/
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːɭ/ (see gal)

Noun

gard m (definite singular garden, indefinite plural gardar, definite plural gardane)

1. farm
2. townhouse (often in the compound bygard)
3. fence (often in the compounds skigard, skjergard or steingard)
4. courtyard

Derived terms

• gardbrukar
• gardsarbeid
• gardsarbeidar
• prestegard
• skigard
• skjergard
• steingard
• tanngard

References

• “gard” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from the root *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɑrd/

Noun

gard m

1. an enclosed place
2. yard, garden
3. court
4. region, land
5. dwelling

Declension

gard (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gard	gardos
accusative	gard	gardos
genitive	gardes	gardō
dative	garde	gardum
instrumental	—	—

Related terms

• gardo

Descendants

• Middle Low German: gart