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No I think Gerte crop is a source of semantic contamination. In English this is yard, which is both a rod, a unit of measure (from the root of Gerte) and an enclosure. The enclosure is normally m., but Gothic has a feminine compound cognate with cynegierd (royalcourt). Yard also has a sense of area of enclosed land (f.), but since enclosed land is normally m. it is linked perhaps incorrectly to the root of Gerte as if it is area enclosed by so many rods.