𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰

Gothic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.da/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *gardô.

Noun

𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 • (garda) m

2. (hapax) pen (enclosure for animals)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 10.1:

     𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌴𐌹 𐌹𐌽𐌽 𐌽𐌹 𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂 𐌹𐌽 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌴, 𐌰𐌺 𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌹𐌸 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍂𐍉, 𐍃𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌾𐌰.

     amēn amēn qiþa izwis, saei inn ni atgaggiþ þairh daur in gardan lambē, ak steigiþ aljaþrō, sah hliftus ist jah waidēdja.

     Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. (ASV).

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 garda	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 gardans
Vocative	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 garda	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 gardans
Accusative	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 gardan	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 gardans
Genitive	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹𐌽𐍃 gardins	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌴 gardanē
Dative	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌹𐌽 gardin	𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌼 gardam

Hyponyms

• 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (awistr, “sheepfold”)

Related terms

• 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda, “girdle”)
• 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards, “court, house”)

See also

• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hairdeis, “shepherd”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰 • (garda)

1. dative singular of 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 (gards)

References

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 47