bard

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Etymology 1

A 15th century loan of Scottish Gaelic bard.

Noun

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Wikipedia bard (plural bards)

  1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
    • 1924: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 2.
      But the divine power cannot be jealous (nay, according to the proverb, 'bards tell a lie'),
  2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
Derived terms
Translations
professional poet and singer
  • Portuguese: poeta pt(pt) m.
  • Spanish: bardo es(es) m.

Etymology 2

From French barde. English since the late 15th century.

Noun

bard (plural bards)

  1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. (Often in the plural.)
  2. Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
  3. (cooking) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
  4. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
  5. Specifically, Peruvian bark.

Verb

to bard (third-person singular simple present bards, present participle barding, simple past and past participle barded)

  1. To cover a horse in defensive armor.
    • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 29:
      The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.
  2. (cooking) To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.

Anagrams


Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bard < Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.

Pronunciation

Noun

bard m.

  1. bard
  2. poet

Declension

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bard baird
Vocative a bhaird a bharda
Genitive baird bard
Dative bard baird

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bard na baird
Genitive an bhaird na mbard
Dative leis an mbard

don bhard

leis na baird

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bard bhard mbard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بارد (bārid).

Adjective

bard

  1. cold

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bard < Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.

Noun

bard

  1. bard
  2. poet

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bardo-s.

Noun

bard

  1. bard
  2. poet

Synonyms

Descendants

 

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