barð

See also: bard, bárd, bàrd, bård, Bard, Bård, and Barth

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse barð.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parð/
• Rhymes: -arð

Noun

barð n (genitive singular barðs, nominative plural börð)

1. brim (of a hat)
2. edge, ridge (especially of a hill)

   Synonyms: bakki, brún

3. prow

   Synonyms: stafn, stefni

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bardą n, variant of *bardaz m (“beard”) (whence Old English beard, Old High German bart). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

Noun

barð n (genitive barðs, plural bǫrð)

1. brim (of a hat or helmet)
2. (nautical) an armed prow, beak (of a ship)
3. (rare) beard

   Synonym: (more common) skegg

Declension

  Declension of barð (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	barð	barðit	bǫrð	bǫrðin
accusative	barð	barðit	bǫrð	bǫrðin
dative	barði	barðinu	bǫrðum	bǫrðunum
genitive	barðs	barðsins	barða	barðanna

Derived terms

• Hárbarðr (“Odin”, literally “grey-beard”)
• Langbarðr (“Langobard, Odin”, literally “long-beard”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: barð
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bard, barde

References

• barð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.