gardvord
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- gardsvord
Etymology
From Old Norse garðvǫrðr, from garðr (“farm”) + vǫrðr (“ward”), whence also gard and vord. Cognate with Icelandic garðvörður.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡaːr.vuːr/, /²ɡaːɽ.vuːɽ/
Noun
gardvord m (definite singular gardvorden, indefinite plural gardvordar, definite plural gardvordane)
- a human that is always at home watching over the farm; an old loyal servant
- Synonyms: tuntræl, tunvord
- gardvorden i ætta ― the family’s loyal servant
- (folklore) synonym of tufte
- 1965, Halldor O. Opedal, Hardangerminne: festskrift til Halldor O. Opedal på 70-årsdagen den 26. mai 1965, page 71:
- So bar dei ut mat og øl åt gardvorden. Dette var den mannen som rudde og bygde garden, jamleg ein gamal ættfar
- Then they carried out foot and beer to the farm ward. This was the man who cleared and built the farm, often an old ancestor
- 1996, Turstiar og kulturminne i Hovdebygda, Hovdebygda soge- og velferdslag, page 71:
- Garvoren hev i mannatanken menneskeskapnad; men er jamt liten av vokster.
- The farm ward is thought to resemble a human, but is often small.
- a farm dog
Derived terms
- gardvordmann
References
- “gardvord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “gardvord” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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