(a) An enclosed yard; courtyard, garden, etc.; (b) a hedge or fence; thorn ~; (c) on ground ner on ~ [?grith], anywhere; (d) in cpds. & combs.: appeles garthes, apple orchards; ~ cresse, garden cress (Lepidum sativum); ~ man, a man who looks after a fish garth q.v.; ~ womman, a woman who works in a garden; to ~ ward, in the direction of (someone's) yard; appel ~, chirche ~, kirke ~ q.v.; (e) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.195, 200].