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hirde

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
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
beór-, cú-, feorh-, gát-, grund-, hors-, hriðer-, neát-, sceáp-, swín-hirde.
Linked entries
v.  heorde herde hierde hyrde heord.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hirde.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19105.

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