gerth

Borrowed from Old Norse gjorð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō. Forms with /a/ are a regular phonetic development, while forms with /i/ or /u/ are from the influence of girdel, gurdel.

• garth, garthe, gerþ, girth, gurþe, gyrth, gyrthe

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛrθ/
• (Late ME also) IPA^(key): /ɡarθ/, /ɡirθ/, /ɡurθ/

gerth (plural gerthes)

1. girth (band for holding saddle)
2. hoop for a barrel

• English: girth
• Scots: girth, gir, gird

• “gerth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

gerth

1. alternative form of garth