yerd
English
Etymology
Presumably from the same origin as yard, from Old English ġerd (“branch, twig, stick”) or gierd, cognate with Middle Low German gêrde and Middle High German gęrte from Old High German gartia, from Proto-Germanic *gazdjō, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰasdʰeh₂. May be related to English and Scots yerk (“to whip, beat, strike, especially with a stick”).
Verb
yerd (third-person singular simple present yerds, present participle yerding, simple past and past participle yerded)
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English ġeard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos; cognate with Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ) and a doublet of garth.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɛːrd/, /ˈjɛrd/
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Noun
yerd
- A fenced piece of land; a yard:
- The property of a manor or other large rural dwelling.
- A churchyard; a piece of land around a church.
- A paddock; a field that has been fenced in.
- A plot of land; a piece of property, especially agricultural.
- A garden; a plot of horticultural land.
Descendants
References
- “yē̆rd (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.
Etymology 2
From Old English ġerd.
Noun
yerd
- Alternative form of ȝerde (“bar”)
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English yerd, from Old English ġeard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz. Cognate with English yard.
Noun
yerd
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- enm:Agriculture
- enm:Horticulture
- enm:Household
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