See yerd in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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},
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"2": "ang",
"3": "ġeard"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "enm",
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{
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"1": "cu",
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},
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{
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},
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{
"form": "yerde",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeerd",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yeerd",
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"alternative"
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},
{
"form": "ȝeard",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yard",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yherde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"A fenced piece of land; a yard:",
"The property of a manor or other large rural dwelling."
],
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[
"yard",
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[
"property",
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"manor",
"manor"
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]
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
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"A fenced piece of land; a yard:",
"A churchyard; a piece of land around a church."
],
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[
"yard",
"yard"
],
[
"churchyard",
"churchyard"
],
[
"church",
"church"
]
],
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"enm:land; property"
]
},
{
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"A fenced piece of land; a yard:",
"A paddock; a field that has been fenced in."
],
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[
"yard",
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[
"paddock",
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{
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},
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"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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},
{
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"Applied sciences",
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
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"A plot of land; a piece of property, especially agricultural."
],
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[
"agricultural",
"agricultural"
]
]
},
{
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"A garden; a plot of horticultural land."
],
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[
"garden",
"garden"
],
[
"horticultural",
"horticultural"
]
]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjard/",
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]
}
],
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*gard"
},
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},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*gardaz"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "градъ"
},
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{
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"2": "garth",
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},
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}
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{
"form": "yerdeth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yerdynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yerded",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yerde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yeerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeard",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yard",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yherde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"1": "yerdeth",
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"3": "yerded"
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"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To beat with a stick."
],
"id": "en-yerd-enm-verb-TSgmFGbs"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛːrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjard/",
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
]
}
],
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}
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},
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}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"extra": "bar",
"word": "ȝerde"
}
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"Alternative form of ȝerde (“bar”)"
],
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[
"ȝerde",
"ȝerde#Middle_English:_bar"
]
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"Middle English lemmas",
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"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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},
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}
],
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},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "yerd",
"3": "yaird",
"4": "yird"
},
"expansion": "Scots: yerd, yaird, yird",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: yerd, yaird, yird"
}
],
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{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ġeard"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*gard"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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{
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"1": "enm",
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "cu",
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},
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},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "garth",
"nocap": "1"
},
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}
],
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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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{
"form": "ȝeerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yeerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeard",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yard",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yherde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
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{
"glosses": [
"A fenced piece of land; a yard:",
"The property of a manor or other large rural dwelling."
],
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[
"yard",
"yard"
],
[
"property",
"property"
],
[
"manor",
"manor"
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],
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]
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"A fenced piece of land; a yard:",
"A churchyard; a piece of land around a church."
],
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"yard",
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],
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"churchyard",
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"church",
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"A fenced piece of land; a yard:",
"A paddock; a field that has been fenced in."
],
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"yard",
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],
[
"paddock",
"paddock"
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]
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"A plot of land; a piece of property, especially agricultural."
],
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"agricultural",
"agricultural"
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{
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"A garden; a plot of horticultural land."
],
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"garden",
"garden"
],
[
"horticultural",
"horticultural"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛːrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjard/",
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
]
}
],
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Middle English nouns",
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"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"2": "ang",
"3": "ġeard"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
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},
{
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},
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{
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"1": "enm",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "градъ"
},
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},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "garth",
"nocap": "1"
},
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}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "yerdeth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yerdynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yerded",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yerde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yeerd",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeard",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yard",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝarde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yherde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeorde",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"glosses": [
"To beat with a stick."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛːrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjɛrd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjard/",
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English"
]
}
],
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}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
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"enm:Horticulture",
"enm:Household"
],
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"1": "enm",
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},
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}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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{
"extra": "bar",
"word": "ȝerde"
}
],
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"Alternative form of ȝerde (“bar”)"
],
"links": [
[
"ȝerde",
"ȝerde#Middle_English:_bar"
]
],
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"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "yerd"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.