Danish

Proper noun

Gerd

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Gerda

German

Alternative forms

• Gert

Proper noun

Gerd

1. A male given name, a contraction of Gerhard.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Gerðr. Revived as a given name in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Gerd

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Gard
• Gerda
• Ingjerd

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 16 081 females with the given name Gerd living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Gerðr.

Proper noun

Gerd

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Gerda, Gärd, Ingegerd, Ingegärd
• Hildegard

Old English

Noun

ġerd f

1. (Anglian) branch, twig
2. (Anglian) stick, rod, staff
3. (Anglian) measuring rod
4. (Anglian, unit of measurement) the rod, perch, or pole of around 15 feet used in computing acres
5. (Anglian, unit of measurement) the yard, yardland, or virgate of around 30 acres used in dividing hides of land

Usage notes

The predecessor of the English term yard and sometimes translated as such but probably not ever equal to an ell (ulna) of 3 feet until the Middle English period. As a unit of area, usually written as "a yard of land".

Descendants

• yard
• virgāta