garth

Meanings

1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
2. A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.
3. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
4. A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.
5. A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
6. A dam or weir for catching fish.

1. A number of places in Wales:
2. A village in Maesteg community, Bridgend borough (OS grid ref SS8690).
3. A small village in Trefeurig community, Ceredigion (OS grid ref SN6484).
4. A hamlet near Ffynnongroyw, Llanasa community, Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ1381).
5. A northern suburb of Bangor, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5873).
6. A suburban area in Porthmadog community, Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH5637).
7. A hamlet near Llanhennock, Llangybi community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref ST3492).
8. A suburb in Graig community, City of Newport (OS grid ref ST2687).
9. A suburb of Knighton, Powys (OS grid ref SO2872).
10. A small village in Treflys community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9549).
11. A small village in Llangollen Rural community, Wrexham borough (OS grid ref SJ2543).
12. A small settlement in South Nesting, Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4754).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard.