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GEARD

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
GEARD, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§66; §72; §316; §335;
An inclosure, inclosed place, YARD, GARDEN, court, dwelling, home, region, land; septum, lŏcus septus, hortus, ārea, habĭtācŭlum, domĭcĭlium, rĕgio
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  • Se Godes cwide is weorþmynda geard

    the word of God is the garden of worship,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 168
      • ;
    • Sal. 83.

  • On gearde deáþes sceade

    in rĕgiōne umbræ mortis,

    • Mt. Bos. 4, 16.

  • Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde

    that each should come to his own land,

    • Ors. 5, 14
      • ;
    • Bos. 114, 18.

  • On geard

    at home,

    • Menol. Fox 215
      • ;
    • Men. 109.

  • In écne geard

    into the eternal home,

    • Exon. 44 a
      • ;
    • Th. 149, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 763 : 51 a
      • ;
    • Th. 178, 8
      • ;
    • Gú. 1241.

  • Geard ymbtynde

    sepem circumdedit,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 33.

  • Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas

    in the world are broad green regions,

    • Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 32, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 511.

  • Ǽr he on weg hwurfe of geardum

    ere he went away from his courts,

    • Beo. Th. 535
      • ;
    • B. 265 : Exon. 64 a
      • ;
    • Th. 236, 23
      • ;
    • Ph. 578.

  • In geardum

    at home,

    • Exon. 10 b
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 11
      • ;
    • Cri. 201 : 50 b
      • ;
    • Th. 175, 13
      • ;
    • Gú. 1194 : 61 a
      • ;
    • Th. 223, 5
      • ;
    • Ph. 355 : Beo. Th. 25
      • ;
    • B. 13.

  • Wit forléton on heofonríce gódlíce geardas

    we two have lost in the heavenly kingdom goodly courts,

    • Cd. 35
      • ;
    • Th. 46, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 740 : Beo. Th. 2272
      • ;
    • B. 1134.

  • On Fæder geardas

    in the dwellings of the Father,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 832
      • ;
    • Sal. 415 : Exon. 105 b
      • ;
    • Th. 401, 7
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 8.
Etymology
[
Wyc. ȝerd a field, garden
:
Piers P. yerd habitation
:
Chauc. yerde
:
O. Sax. gard, m
:
O. Frs. garda, m
:
Dut. Kil. gærde, gærd hortus
:
Ger. garten, m
:
M. H. Ger. garte, m
:
O. H. Ger. garto, gart, m. hortus, dŏmus
:
Goth. gards, m. house
:
Dan. gaard, m. f
:
Swed. gård, m
:
Icel. garðr, m
:
Lat. hortus, m
:
Grk. χόρτos, m. an inclosed place, feeding-place
:
Slav. grad, gorod a fence.
]
Derived forms
eador-geard, eard-, fæder-, friþ-, leód-, middan-, ort-, wín-, wyrm-, wyrt-
Linked entries
v.  mǽr-geard.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GEARD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13479.

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