gierd

• ġyrd, ġird, ġerd

From West Germanic *gazdi, an i-stem variant of *gazd, from Proto-Germanic *gazdaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjiy̯rd/, [ˈjiy̯rˠd]

ġierd f

1. rod, staff
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Iċ wille þē slēan mid ġierde.

     I want to hit you with a rod.

2. branch, twig
3. (unit of measurement) the rod, perch, or pole of around 15 feet used in computing acres
4. (unit of measurement) the yard, yardland, or virgate of around 30 acres used in dividing hides of land

• The predecessor of the English term yard and sometimes translated as such, but probably not ever equal to an ell (ulna) of 3 feet until the Middle English period.

• cyneġierd
• lang ġierd

• Middle English: ȝerde, yerd, yerde, ȝerd, ȝearde, yarde, ȝeorde, ȝeord, ȝarde, ȝyrde, ȝeird, yherd, yherde
  • English: yard, yerd
  • Scots: yaird, yeard, yird