garth.
A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
Meaning & usage
A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
a cloister garth
A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
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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