kirkgarth

noun

kirkgarth

noun

Etymology From Middle English kyrkgarth; equivalent to kirk + garth. Directly cognate to Danish Kierkegaard, kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård.

Northern England, Dialectal A churchyard.

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