An archaic or dialectal term for a garden, particularly in Scots English and related to Germanic languages.
From Old English geard (yard, garden) or Middle English garten influenced by Germanic words like German Garten. The word is related to English 'yard' and 'garden.' It persists in some Scottish place names and historical documents.
Garten survives in Scottish place names like Crathes Garten, showing how medieval Scots kept alive an older English word that the rest of Britain moved past—it's like a fossil of Middle English still thriving north of the border.
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