vaert

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch farth, fard, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi.

Noun

vāert f

1. going
2. trip, journey
3. way, path
4. waterway
5. speed

Inflection

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	vāert	vāerde
accusative	vāert	vāerde
genitive	vāert, vāerde	vāerde
dative	vāert, vāerde	vāerden

Descendants

• Dutch: vaart
  • Afrikaans: vaart
• Limburgish: vaart, vaartj
• → West Frisian: feart
• → Walloon: vårt

Further reading

• “vart (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vaert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norman

Alternative forms

• vèrt (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.

Adjective

vaert m

1. (Guernsey) green
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 523:

     Vert coume ache.

     As green as smallage.