72 TEESDALE PLACE->fAMES. 



Kyrkegard — churchyard. 



III. Villain rusticam cum omni fundo. 



IV. Citadel, a walled and fortified place. 



V. Palace, royal residence. 



VI. Civitatem, urhem — Asgard, city of the Asi, or gods, — 

 Micklagard — the big city — Constantinople. 



VII. Terram, regionem." Ihre. 



" Garth, a yard, a small field or inclosure adjoining a house, as 

 a churchyard, a garden, an orchard, a warren." Eay, Halliwell, 

 Brockett. 



"It is evidently," says Jamieson, "from A.-S. geard, inclosure, 

 garden. TJlphilas uses aurtigeards for gardens. A.-S. ortgeard, 

 weortgeard, literally signifying a place fenced in for the preser- 

 vation of herbs or fruits ; hence English orchards. 



Gords, a term used in Oi'kney, which seems to denote lands 

 now lying waste that had formerly been inhabited and cultivated. 

 Perhaps from the Suio-Goth. guard (from gord), sepimentum, 

 area clausa, villa rustica. Mces.-Goth. gards, domus, a yard, a 

 backside, a croft, a churchyard. IJ^orth. Grose." 



"In Orkney, garth denotes a house and the land attached to 

 it, as Kongsgarth, in the parish of Sandwick, i.e., the King's 

 house, and Mirigarth, in Cross P. Sanday. This is now the manse, 

 and signifies the house of the Mire, contiguous to which it is 

 situated. The th is lost in the pronunciation, as they are pro- 

 nounced Kongsger, Miriger. 



The term garth is applied to a smaller possession than boo or 

 hool, sometimes spelled in old writings, lowl. 



4. An inclosure for catching fish, especially salmon. 



It is used also in composition." Jamieson. 



Examples : — 



Baldersgarth — from the sun god Balder, or man of that name. 



Thringarth or Thinggarth — inclosure of the thing or meeting 

 • — of the crowd. 



Clever Yard — ? where cleavers, Galium Aparine, flourish. 



Low Garth — from its position. 



Thomgarth — abounding in, or enclosed by, thorns. 



Forcegarth — near the Force (High) or waterfall. 



