kirk-garthn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːkɡɑːθ/, U.S.

/ˈkərkˌɡɑrθ/

Forms: see kirk n. and garth n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an early Scandinavian lexical item. Etymons: kirk n., garth n.¹

Etymology: < kirk n. + garth n.¹, perhaps after an equivalent compound in early Scandinavian: compare Old Icelandic kirkju-garðr , Old Swedish kirkio garþer (Swedish kyrkogård ), Danish kyrckægarth (Danish kirkegård ). Compare also church garth n. and earlier kirkyard n.

Now chiefly English regional (northern).

A churchyard. Cf. kirkyard n.Attested earliest in surnames.

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society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard

church townOE

churchyard?a1160

church hayc1175

kirkyardc1175

kirk-garth1298

purseynta1325

church hawc1330

sanctuary garth1412

procinct1422

precinctc1425

sanctuary1432

church-earth1449

church-littena1450

church garth1484

cemetery1485

church acre1596

God's acre1605

kirk shot1935

1298 in Cal. Patent Rolls Edward I (1895) III. 381 (MED) James de Kirkgarth.

1395 in K. Cameron Place-names Lincs. (2001) VI. 36 Atte Kirkgarth' de Gokewell'.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27198 (MED) In kyrcgarth, chapell or kyrk.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 70 A kyrkegarth, cimitorium.

1508 Will of Roger Childers in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) (at cited word) My body to be beried in the kirkgarth of our lady of ffrothingham.

1614 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister ii. vii. 28 My lathe standeth neere the kirke garth, for My barne standeth neere the Church-yard.

1699 E. Ward Journey to Scotl. 7 Few People are here buried in their Kirks (except of their Nobility) but in the Kirk Garths.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) iii. 18 Crosses In Kirk-Garths, and in Market places.

1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 14 A covetous man trapes to th' kirk-garth on a sunday morning.

1839 Cumbld. & Westmld. Dial. 47 What they see i th Kirk-garth.

1885 H. Caine Shadow of Crime I. viii. 177 Robbie, the burial will take place the day after to-morrow, at three in the afternoon, at the kirk-garth.

1908 W. T. Palmer Eng. Lakes iv. 46 At Grasmere, beneath the yews of the kirk-garth, the poet Wordsworth is buried.

1981 P. Haines Kissing Gate 12 Sarah thought he might go through the Gate and into the churchyard—the kirkgarth as she called it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kirk-garth
释义	kirk-garthn. Brit. /ˈkəːkɡɑːθ/, U.S. /ˈkərkˌɡɑrθ/ Forms: see kirk n. and garth n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on an early Scandinavian lexical item. Etymons: kirk n., garth n.¹ Etymology: < kirk n. + garth n.¹, perhaps after an equivalent compound in early Scandinavian: compare Old Icelandic kirkju-garðr , Old Swedish kirkio garþer (Swedish kyrkogård ), Danish kyrckægarth (Danish kirkegård ). Compare also church garth n. and earlier kirkyard n. Now chiefly English regional (northern). A churchyard. Cf. kirkyard n.Attested earliest in surnames. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 kirkyardc1175 kirk-garth1298 purseynta1325 church hawc1330 sanctuary garth1412 procinct1422 precinctc1425 sanctuary1432 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 church garth1484 cemetery1485 church acre1596 God's acre1605 kirk shot1935 1298 in Cal. Patent Rolls Edward I (1895) III. 381 (MED) James de Kirkgarth. 1395 in K. Cameron Place-names Lincs. (2001) VI. 36 Atte Kirkgarth' de Gokewell'. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27198 (MED) In kyrcgarth, chapell or kyrk. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 70 A kyrkegarth, cimitorium. 1508 Will of Roger Childers in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) (at cited word) My body to be beried in the kirkgarth of our lady of ffrothingham. 1614 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister ii. vii. 28 My lathe standeth neere the kirke garth, for My barne standeth neere the Church-yard. 1699 E. Ward Journey to Scotl. 7 Few People are here buried in their Kirks (except of their Nobility) but in the Kirk Garths. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) iii. 18 Crosses In Kirk-Garths, and in Market places. 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 14 A covetous man trapes to th' kirk-garth on a sunday morning. 1839 Cumbld. & Westmld. Dial. 47 What they see i th Kirk-garth. 1885 H. Caine Shadow of Crime I. viii. 177 Robbie, the burial will take place the day after to-morrow, at three in the afternoon, at the kirk-garth. 1908 W. T. Palmer Eng. Lakes iv. 46 At Grasmere, beneath the yews of the kirk-garth, the poet Wordsworth is buried. 1981 P. Haines Kissing Gate 12 Sarah thought he might go through the Gate and into the churchyard—the kirkgarth as she called it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1298
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