garth

noun6

1. •
   A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
2. •
   A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.

   • A clapper clapping in a garth / To scare the fowl from fruit. — 1847
3. •
   A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England
4. •
   A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.

   • The Candidate for membership of Hof, Garth or Hearth shall hold an Armill, or he may touch an unsheathed Sword throughout the ceremony. — 2014
5. •
   A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.
6. •
   A dam or weir for catching fish.