Etymology

Gardham

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Today it means: A hamlet in Cherry Burton parish and Etton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9542). Full definition →

Old Norse gerði
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromgerði“fenced field”
  2. English todayGardham

Recorded as Gerdene in the Domesday Book, tha placename derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse gerði (“fenced field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsegerði all →

Gjerde

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