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bard.

bard, Celtic poet, singer

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑrt/
  1. bard, Celtic poet, singer

    masculine · no-diminutive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed either from German Barde or English bard. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”). Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).

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