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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse barð.
Pronunciation
Noun
barð n (genitive singular barðs, nominative plural börð)
- brim (of a hat)
- edge, ridge (especially of a hill)
- Synonyms: bakki, brún
- prow
- Synonyms: stafn, stefni
Declension
Declension of barð (neuter)
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)
- brim (of a hat or helmet)
- (nautical) an armed prow, beak (of a ship)
- (rare) beard
- Synonym: (more common) skegg
Declension
Declension of barð (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- Hárbarðr (“Odin”, literally “grey-beard”)
- Langbarðr (“Langobard, Odin”, literally “long-beard”)
Descendants
References
- barð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.