yerd

== English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English yerd (“yard”). ==== Noun ==== yerd (plural yerds) (obsolete) A yard, plot of ground around a building or fenced paddock. (obsolete) A yard (unit of measurement); three feet. ==== Verb ==== yerd (third-person singular simple present yerds, present participle yerding, simple past and past participle yerded) (obsolete) To bury or be buried. === Etymology 2 === Pronunciation dialect ==== Verb ==== yerd Heard. === Anagrams === Dery, Drey, Drye, Dyer, Ryde, d'yer, drey, dyer == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English ġeard, from Proto-West Germanic *gard, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos; cognate with Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ) and a doublet of garth. ==== Alternative forms ==== ȝeard, ȝerd, ȝeerd, ȝeorde, yeerd, yerde ȝard, ȝarde, ȝhard, ȝharde, yaird, yherde (especially Northern) ȝorde, yorde (especially West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jɛ̝ːrd/, /jɛrd/ IPA(key): /jaːrd/, /jard/ (especially Northern) IPA(key): /jɔ̝ːrd/, /jɔrd/ (especially West Midland) ==== Noun ==== yerd A fenced piece of land; a yard: The property surrounding an estate or manor. 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. ===== Related terms ===== chircheyerd vyneyerd ===== Descendants ===== English: yard (obsolete yerd) Middle Scots: ȝaird, ȝarde Scots: yard, yaird ===== References ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== yerd (third-person singular simple present yerdeth, present participle yerdynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yerded) to beat with a stick ==== References ==== “yerd, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== yerd alternative form of yerde (“bar”) == Scots == === Noun === yerd archaic spelling of yird (“earth, ground”) ==== Derived terms ==== yerd-hunger