garþer (OSw) garth (ODan) garþr (OGu) garðr (ON) gærþer (OSw) noun

It is often unfeasible to distinguish between the main meanings, ‘fence, barrier’ and ‘enclosed land’, which is an ambiguity that can be traced back to the etymological origin of garþer. By extension garþer also may refer to the houses themselves — of various size and stature — and/or to the open space enclosed by those houses.

dam OIce Jó Llb 56
enclosure OGu GL A 24f (64), 25
OIce Grg Rsþ 230
ONorw BorgL 9.1
ONorw EidsL 38.2
estate OIce Jó Kge 13
OIce Js Ert 19
OIce KRA 15
ONorw GuL Arb
ONorw MLL Lvb 15, Ert 13, Lb 17, Kab, Þjb 6
OSw KrL Kgb
OSw MEL Kgb
OSw MESt Kgb
farm ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 2, 3
ODan SkBL
ODan SkL 6
ODan VSjL 56, 65, 86
OGu GL A 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 27, 37, 39, 50, 56, 65, Add. 7, 8 (B 49, 55)
OGu GS Ch. 3
OIce Jó Mah 3
ONorw EidsL 27.6
ONorw GuL Mhb
OSw ÄVgL Slb, Äb, Gb, Jb, Tb
OSw BjR
OSw DL Eb, Gb, Rb
OSw HL Kkb, Kgb, Äb, Mb, Jb, Kmb, Blb, Rb
OSw KrL Gb Bb Add
OSw MESt Gb Äb Jb Bb Skb Add
OSw ÖgL Eb, Db, Gb, Jb, Rb, Bb
OSw SdmL Kgb, Gb, Bb, Kmb, Mb, Tjdb, Rb
OSw SmL
OSw UL Kgb, Äb, Mb, Kmb, Blb, Rb
OSw VmL Kgb, Äb, Mb, Jb, Kmb, Bb, Rb
OSw YVgL Kkb, Äb, Gb, Tb, Föb, Add
farm estate OGu GL A 20
farm unit ODan JyL 3
farmstead ODan ESjL 2
OSw ÖgL Eb, Db, Gb
OSw YVgL Tb, Add
farmyard OSw DL Eb, Mb
OSw UL Kgb, Mb, Blb
OSw VmL Kgb, Mb, Jb
fence ODan ESjL 2, 3
ODan JyL 1, 3
ODan SkL 167, 186
ODan VSjL 58, 74
OGu GL A 7, 9, 24f (64), 25, 26, 35, 63
OIce Jó Mah 2 Lbb 3
ONorw FrL KrbA 13 Rgb 41 LlbA 2
ONorw GuL Krb, Kpb, Llb, Tfb, Kvr, Mhb, Tjb, Olb
ONorw MLL Llb
OSw ÄVgL Rlb, Jb, Fös, Föb
OSw DL Bb, Tjdb
OSw HL Jb, Blb
OSw KrL Bb
OSw MEL Bb
OSw ÖgL Rb Bb
OSw SdmL Kkb, Jb, Bb, Till
OSw UL Kkb, Mb, Jb, Blb
OSw VmL Kkb, Mb, Jb, Bb
OSw YVgL Kkb, Urb, Rlb, Jb, Föb, Utgb, Add
fencing OSw KrL Jb
OSw MEL Jb
hay-yard OIce Jó Llb 9
home ONorw GuL Tfb
home field OFar Seyð 5
ONorw MLL Mah 3, 18, Lb 8
homestead OIce Jó Kab 9
OSw DL Eb, Mb, Bb, Gb, Rb
OSw KrL Rb Eb Hb
OSw MEL Rb Eb Hb
OSw MESt Eb Hb DbI SmbI
house ODan ESjL 2
ODan JyL 1−3
house and garden OSw KrL Jb
OSw MEL Jb
manor ODan SkL 172
place ODan ESjL 2
plantation OSw VmL Kkb, Bb
premises OIce Grg Arþ 125
OIce Jó Kge 18
residence OSw UL Jb
OSw VmL Jb
trap OSw SdmL Bb
wall OIce Grg Þsþ 48 Lbþ 175 Fjl 222 Hrs 234
OIce Jó Lbb 3 Llb 31 Þjb 6
OIce Js Lbb 22
ONorw EidsL 38.1
ONorw MLL Lb 3, Llb, Þjb 9
yard OIce Grg Rsþ 230
OIce Js Lbb 22 Þjb 5
ONorw FrL LlbA 1
ONorw GuL Krb, Olb
OSw HL Mb
OSw SdmL Mb
Expressions:

lagha garþer (OSw)

Defined as to the construction and size with differences for those surrounding an OSw aker (‘field’) or an OSw æng (‘meadow’) (cp. laghegarth).

legal fence OSw HL Blb

miþal garþr (OGu)

fence between fields or meadows OGu GL A 25

Refs:

Adams 1976, s.v. settlement; CV s.v. garðr; Helle 2001, 106−16; Hellquist [1948] 1964, s.v. gård; KLNM s.v. gård; Pellijeff 1967; Schlyter 1877, s.v. garþer.