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Webster 1913 Edition
Bard
Bard
(bärd)
, Noun.
[Of Celtic origin; cf. W.
bardd
, Arm. barz
, Ir. & Gael. bard
, and F. barde
.] 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.
2.
Hence: A poet;
as, the
. bard
of AvonBard
,Verb.
T.
(Cookery)
To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Bard
,Noun.
[Akin to Dan. & Sw.
bark
, Icel. börkr
, LG. & HG. borke
.] 1.
The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2.
Specifically, Peruvian bark.
Bark bed
. See
– Bark stove
(below). Bark pit
, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.
– Bark stove
(Hort.)
, a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner’s bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bard
B'ARD
,Noun.
1.
A poet and a singer among the ancient Celts; one whose occupation was to compose and sing verses, in honor of the heroic36
achievements of princes and brave men. The bards used an instrument of music like a lyre or guitar, and not only praised the brave, but reproached the cowardly.
2.
In modern usage, a poet.B'ARD
,Noun.
Definition 2024
bárd
bárd
Hungarian
Noun
bárd (plural bárdok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | bárd | bárdok |
| accusative | bárdot | bárdokat |
| dative | bárdnak | bárdoknak |
| instrumental | bárddal | bárdokkal |
| causal-final | bárdért | bárdokért |
| translative | bárddá | bárdokká |
| terminative | bárdig | bárdokig |
| essive-formal | bárdként | bárdokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bárdban | bárdokban |
| superessive | bárdon | bárdokon |
| adessive | bárdnál | bárdoknál |
| illative | bárdba | bárdokba |
| sublative | bárdra | bárdokra |
| allative | bárdhoz | bárdokhoz |
| elative | bárdból | bárdokból |
| delative | bárdról | bárdokról |
| ablative | bárdtól | bárdoktól |
| Possessive forms of bárd | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | bárdom | bárdjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | bárdod | bárdjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | bárdja | bárdjai |
| 1st person plural | bárdunk | bárdjaink |
| 2nd person plural | bárdotok | bárdjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | bárdjuk | bárdjaik |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin bardus (“bard”).[1]
Noun
bárd (plural bárdok)
- bard (poet and singer)
Declension
Same as above.
Synonyms
- (bard): dalnok
References
- 1 2 Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6