abildgård
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A growing apple orchard in Ringerike, Norway.
See also: Abildgård
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | abildgård | abildgården | abildgårde | abildgårdene |
| genitive | abildgårds | abildgårdens | abildgårdes | abildgårdenes |
Norwegian Bokmål
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
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