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Latin
Noun
narde
- vocative singular of nardus
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French narde and Old English nard, both from Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek νάρδος (nárdos), from Phoenician , ultimately from Sanskrit नलद (nálada).
Pronunciation
Noun
narde (uncountable)
- Nard (Nardostachys jatamansi) or a similar plant.
- Synonym: spikenard
- nard (ointment derived from such a plant)
c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 12:3, page 50v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:þerfoꝛ marie took a pound of oynement of trewe narde pꝛeciouſe / and anoyntide þe feet of iheſu .· ⁊ wipte hiſe feet wiþ hir heeris / and þe hous was fillid of þe ſauour of þe oynement- Then Mary took a pound of valuable pure nard ointment, anointed Jesus's feet, and wiped them with her hair; the house was filled with the ointment's scent.
Descendants
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
narde m (definite singular narden, indefinite plural narder, definite plural nardene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by nardus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
narde m (definite singular narden, indefinite plural nardar, definite plural nardane)
- (pre-2005) alternative form of nardus