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kirk-garth north. dial.
Also 3 (Orm.) kirrkegærd.
[f. kirk n. + garth, an enclosure: cf. Icel. kirkju-garðr, Da. kirkegaard. Cf. also church-garth and kirk-yard.]
Northern English = Churchyard: formerly prevalent from Cumberland to Lincolnshire; now much restricted.
c1200Ormin 15254 To birrȝenn ȝuw i kirrkegærd. a1300Cursor M. 27198 In kyrcgarth, chapell or kyrk. 1417Surtees Misc. (1888) 11 Anent Al Halow Kyrk garth wall on the Pament. 1483Cath. Angl. 204/1 Kyrkegarthe, cimitorium. 1508Will in N.W. Linc. Gloss. s.v., My body to be beried in the kirkgarth of our lady of ffrothingham. 1708T. Ward Eng. Ref. iii. (1710) 18 Crosses In Kirk-Garths, and in Market places. 1785Hutton Bran New Wark 14 A covetous man trapes to th' kirk-garth on a sunday morning. 1839Cumbld. & Westmld. Dial. 47 What they see i th Kirk-garth. [In Swaledale Gloss. 1873, Cumbld. Gloss. 1878.] |