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hirde

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hirde, hierde, heorde, hiorde, hyrde, es; m.
A herd, shepherd, pastor, guardian, guard, keeper
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  • Hierde

    arimentarius,

      Wrt. Voc. 287, 52.
  • Crist ðú góda hyrde

    Christ, thou good shepherd,

      Blickl. Homl. 191, 24.
  • Ic eom ðære stówe hyrde

    I am the guardian of the place,

      201, 9.
  • Hire ágenes húses hirde

    the keeper of her own house,

      Bt. Met. Fox 13, 61; Met. 13, 31.
  • Ríces hirde

    the guardian of a kingdom, a prince, king,

      26, 16; Met. 26, 8.
  • Cilda hyrde vel láreów

    pædagogus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 80; Som. 72, 103; Wrt. Voc. 46, 60.
  • Ic ðæs folces beó hyrde and healdend

    I will be the people's keeper and preserver,

      Cd. 106; Th. 139, 25; Gen. 2315.
  • Ne ic hyrde wæs bróðer mínes

    I was not my brother's keeper,

      48; Th. 62, 1; Gen. 1007.
  • Heorde,

      Exon. 43 b; Th. 146, 33; Gú. 719.
  • Hiorde,

      Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 101.
  • Rihtwís hyrde ofer cristene heorde

    a righteous shepherd over a Christian flock,

      L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 9.
  • Hie settan him hyrdas tó

    they set guards over him,

      Blickl. Homl. 177, 26: 237, 18: Andr. Kmbl. 1986; An. 995.
  • Úre ealdan fæderas wǽron ceápes hierdas

    antiqui patres nostri pastores,

      Past. 17, 2; Swt. 109, 5.
  • Hyrdas

    pastores ovium,

      Gen. 46, 32.
  • Hé hæfþ geset his englas ús tó hyrdum

    he hath appointed his angels as our guardians,

      Homl. Th. i. 170, 10.
Etymology
[Goth. hairdeis: O. Sax. hirdi: Icel. hirðir: O. H. Ger. hirti pastor, custos: Ger. hirte.]
Derived forms
DER. beór-, cú-, feorh-, gát-, grund-, hors-, hriðer-, neát-, sceáp-, swín-hirde.
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v.  heorde herde hierde hyrde heord.
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  • hirde, n.