garðr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of garðr

Noun: garðr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.garðr
Sg. Def.garðrinn
Pl. Indef.garðar
Pl. Def.garðarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.garðs
Sg. Def.garðsins
Pl. Indef.garða
Pl. Def.garðanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.garði
Sg. Def.garðinum
Pl. Indef.gǫrðum
Pl. Def.gǫrðunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.garð
Sg. Def.garðinn
Pl. Indef.garða
Pl. Def.garðana

Sample Sentences

  • Ef þar er garðr of þioþbraut þvera, […] (If there is a fence on a high road, […]) [Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 264]
  • […] heldr eru þeir reistir umhverfis kirkjuna við kirkjugarðinn, […] ([…] but rather set up around the church along the churchyard, […]) [Konungs skuggsjá 10, in 1848, R. Keyser, P. R. Munch, C. R. Unger, Speculum regale. Konungs-skuggsjá. Konge-speilet. Christiania, page 23]
  • […] er hann com heim í þorpit, oc geck um garðinn, […] ([…] when he came home to the town and walked through the courtyard, […]) [Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 1, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume X. Copenhagen, page 218]
  • Egill spurdi hvar garðr sá veri í borginni er Arinbiörn átti […]
  • Egill asked where in the city was the house that Arinbjörn owned […] [Egils saga 62, in 1809, Guðmundur Magnússon, Egils-saga: sive Egilli Skallagrimii vita. Copenhagen, page 407]
  • […] þeir er miðgarð / mœran skópu; […] ([…] those who Middle-hold / mighty shaped' […]) [Vǫluspá, verse 4, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1]

Nouns inflected like garðr

garðr, gangr, gandr, garpr, galtr,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“court, yard, enclosure”).
2. Cognate with Old English ġeard, Old Saxon gard, Old High German gart, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards). See: Gothic Nouns '𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃'.

Verbs referencing "garðr"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns gard, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns gard, English Nouns garth, Middle English Nouns garth, Faroese Nouns garður, Icelandic Nouns garður, Danish Nouns gård, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns gård, Swedish Nouns gård, Irish Nouns garraí, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns abildgård.

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