abildgård

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Danish

Noun

abildgård

orchard, fruit garden
- 2011, Jens Ove Trans, Haverne ved de danske cistercienserklostre, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 99:
  Den eneste omtale af en abildgård ved de danske cistercienserklostre er en abildgård som abbed Pedders hus ligger ude i, ...
  The only reference to a fruit garden by the Danish Cistercian monasteries is a fruit garden that abbot Pedder's house lies in, ...
- 2012, Kim Leine, Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  En kålgård? Hvorfor ikke en kornmark eller en abildgård?
  A cabbage garden? Why not a grain field or a fruit garden?
- 2016, Anne Marie Ejrnæs, Thomas Ripenseren, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  Den førte ind til en abildgård med blomstrende frugttræer, æble og kirsebær, og op ad murene sås espalier til den sydlandske vin.
  It opened into a fruit garden with blooming fruit trees, apple and cherry, and clinging to the walls were espaliers for southern wine.
- 2001, Ib Michael, Kejserens atlas, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  Det var en abildgård med paradisæbler og kirsebærtræer.
  It was a fruit garden with Siberian crabapple and cherry trees.

Declension

Declension of abildgård

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abildgård	abildgården	abildgårde	abildgårdene
genitive	abildgårds	abildgårdens	abildgårdes	abildgårdenes

Norwegian Bokmål

A growing apple orchard in Ringerike, Norway.

Etymology

abild +‎ gård, first part from Danish abild (“European crab apple”), from Old Danish apæld, from Old Norse apaldr (“apple tree”), from Proto-Germanic *apaldraz (“apple tree”).

Last part from Danish gård (“farm, estate; court, yard”), from Old Danish garth, from Old Norse garðr (“fence; yard, court; house”), from Proto-Germanic *gardaz (“enclosure, court, yard, garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose, encircle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑːbɪlɡoːr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -oːr
Hyphenation: ab‧ild‧gård

Noun

abildgård m (definite singular abildgården, indefinite plural abildgårder, definite plural abildgårdene)

(poetic, obsolete) an apple orchard
Synonym: eplehage
- 1852, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter I, page 218:
  abildgaardens hvide fane
  the white flag of the apple orchard

Derived terms

Abildgaardsgade (“a street in Copenhagen, Denmark”)
Abildgaards gate (“a formet street in Oslo, Norway”)

Related terms

abildblomst (“apple blossom”)
abildgren (“apple tree branch”)
abildgrå (“gray-spotted”)
abildtre (“apple tree”)

References

“abildgård” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“abildgård” in Store norske leksikon

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