- in Shetland, a bard is a bold headland, the top of which projects beyond its base. Several examples of the term can be found in Shetland place-names, including the Bard o Bressay and the Bard o Mousa. The word is derived from Old Norse barð, which denoted both the edge of a hill and the prow of a ship, and probably entered the Shetland dialect via Norn, the Scandinavian-derived language that was spoken in the islands up until the late eighteenth century.
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