barð
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barð n (genitive singular barðs, nominative plural börð)
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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 edit
Declension of barð (strong a-stem)
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Descendants edit
References edit
- barð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.