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garth.

A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

  2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.

    a cloister garth
  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.

    Germanic
  5. A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.

    Germanic
  6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

Where this word comes from

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.

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