Innangard is the “inner yard,” historically, that which is inside the walled enclosure of a homestead. The innangard contained the main dwelling hall, outbuildings and the animal sheds which would have been used for animals housed closed to the main hall. The Inner yard was separated from everything beyond by the hayfield wall (tungardhur) which surrounded the farm and its hayfield (tun). Utangard is, therefore, everything beyond this wall.
Symbolically, Innangard is that which is known, valued and protected. Utangard is everything that is beyond the boundary of the well known and familiar and may be dangerous. In everyday life, one must keep in mind that which is Utangard and that which is Innangard give preference to the one but not the other.
