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HEORD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
HEORD, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §85; §367;
A HERD, flock
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  • Hiord

    arimentum,

    • Wrt. Voc. 287. 53.
  • Ðær wæs án swýna heord

    erat grex porcorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30.
  • Ic hæbbe óðre sceáp ða ne synt of ðisse heorde

    alias oves habeo quæ non ex hoc ovili,

    • Jn. Skt. 10, 16.
  • Hé dráf his heorde tó inneweardum ðam wéstene

    he led the flock to the backside of the desert,

    • Ex, 3, 1
    • :
    • L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21.
  • Rihtwís hyrde ofer cristene heorde

    a righteous shepherd over a christian flock,

    • L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 10.
  • Of eówrum heordum

    de gregibus tuis,

    • Ps. Th. 49, l0.
  • Heora heorda wíslíce healdan

    to keep their flocks wisely,

    • L. Eth. vi. 2; Th. i. 314, 14.
  • Godcunde heorda

    spiritual flocks,

    • L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 34.
Etymology
[
Goth. hairda
:
Icel. hjörð
:
O. H. Ger. herta grex
:
Ger. heerde
.]
Similar entries
v. hríðer-heord.
Linked entries
v.  hiord herd heorde.
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  • HEORD, n.