Gärþa
Old Swedish Dictionary - gärþaMeaning of Old Swedish word "gärþa" (or gærþa) in Swedish.
As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:
- gärþa (gærþa)
- L. gärda, uppföra gärdsgård. abs. hwa äkke wäl staffrar han ey wäl gärdher GO 888. - med gardh ss obj. gärdh swa gardh at thu lägger ey gap widh ändan GO 882. - gärda, omgärda, hägna. han giärdhar mädh GOdhom radhum Bil 214. " skulu wthualda manna wägha athertäppas oc gärdas mz dröffuilsanna thornom" Su 169. ib 439. - Jfr ater-, half-, in-, kringum-, um-, umkring-, utgärþa, äfvensom ogärþer.
Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so gärþa may have also been written as gærþa
Part of speech: vb
Grammatical aspect: v.
Alternative forms or notes:- giärdha.
- gierþa L.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛅᚱᚦᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.
Works and authors cited:
- Bil
- Codex Bildstenianus. Se Lg.
- GO
- Gamla Ordspråk. Utg. af H. Reuterdahl. 1840.
- Su
- H. Susos Gudeliga Snilles Väckare. Utg. af R. Bergström. 1868--70.