JARD

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element (see also JAR for new combinations)

Old Norse

jǫrð = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' [1]
jǫrđ = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' and 'woman (poetic)' [2]
jördh = 'land' [3]

Gothic

aírþa = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' [2]

Old High German

erda = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' [2]

Old Frisian

erthe = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' [2]

Old Saxon

erða = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' [2]

Old English

eorðe = 'earth', 'land', 'field', 'yard' [2]

Related Names

See Jard, Jarðarr, Jǫrð and Jordan

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
BORG see Jardbjørg
HEID see Jordhed
HER see Jarðarr

First Element Forms

Jard- Jarð-
Jord-

Last Element Forms

References

  1. Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
  3. Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)