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Old English · noun

gierd

Normalised ġierd

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ji͜yrd/
[ji͜yrˠd]
Syllables
ji͜yrd (1 syllable)
Modern English
yardyerdfeetvirgateyardlandacresrodcomputing

Meaning

  1. rod, staff

    Iċ wille þē slēan mid ġierde.

    I want to hit you with a rod.

    c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

  2. branch, twig

  3. the rod, perch, or pole of around 15 feet used in computing acres

  4. the yard, yardland, or virgate of around 30 acres used in dividing hides of land

Declension

Declension of gierd
SingularPlural
Nominative ġierdġierdeġierda
Accusative ġierdġierdeġierdeġierda
Genitive ġierdeġierda
Dative ġierdeġierdum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaʀdi.

Descendants

yard, yerd

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