vaert

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch farth, fard, from Proto-West Germanic *fardi.

Noun

vāert f

1. going
2. trip, journey
3. way, path
4. waterway
5. speed

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: vaart
• Limburgish: vaart, vaartj

Further reading

• “vart (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vaert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norman

Alternative forms

• vèrt (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Cf. French vert, Italian verde and Spanish verde.

Adjective

vaert m

1. (Guernsey) green
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 523:

     Vert coume ache.

     As green as smallage.