garth

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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
    — The Candidate for membership of Hof, Garth or Hearth shall hold an Armill, or he may touch an unsheathed Sword throughout the ceremony.
  5. A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry. Germanic
  6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

词形变化

garths plural

词源

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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