barð

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See also: bard, bárd, bàrd, bård, Bard, Bård, and Barth

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse barð.

Pronunciation

Noun

barð n (genitive singular barðs, nominative plural börð)

  1. brim (of a hat)
  2. edge, ridge (especially of a hill)
    Synonyms: bakki, brún
  3. prow
    Synonyms: stafn, stefni

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bardą n, variant of *bardaz m (beard) (whence Old English beard, Old High German bart). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂.

Noun

barð n (genitive barðs, plural bǫrð)

  1. brim (of a hat or helmet)
  2. (nautical) an armed prow, beak (of a ship)
  3. (rare) beard
    Synonym: (more common) skegg

Declension

Derived terms

  • Hárbarðr (Odin, literally grey-beard)
  • Langbarðr (Langobard, Odin, literally long-beard)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: barð
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bard m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bard, barde
  • Swedish: bard, bård

References

  • barð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.