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hird-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hird-ness, hyrd-, e; f.
Guard, keeping, custody
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  • Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse

    tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus,

      Gen. 42, 17.
  • Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse

    si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam,

      Ex. 22, 7.
  • Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ

    sicut custodia in nocte,

      Ps. Th. 89, 5.
  • On hyrdnyssa

    in custodias,

      Lk. Skt. 21, 12.
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v.  hyrd-ness heord-ness.
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  • hird-ness, n.