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hí-réd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hí-réd, hírd, es; m.
A household, house, family, the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, a court, the members of a religious house, a company, band of associates
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  • Híréd vel híwrǽden

    familia,

      Wrt. Voc. 72, 28.
  • Se hálga hýréd wæs wunigende ánmódlíce on gebedum

    the holy company continued with one accord in prayers,

      Homl. Th. i. 314, 4: Cd. 226; Th. 302, 1; Sat. 592: 221; Th. 288, 5; Sat. 376.
  • Se hírd on Seynt Eádmundsbiri

    the brotherhood at Bury St. Edmunds,

      Chart. Th. 574, 28, 33.
  • Mín ówen hírd

    my own family,

      575, 21.
  • Hírédes fæder

    paterfamilias,

      Mt. Kmbl. 10, 25.
  • Hírédes ealdor,

      20, 1.
  • Hýrédes hláford,

      Wrt. Voc. 73, 20.
  • Hírédes móder

    materfamilias,

      73, 21.
  • An gewitnesse ðes hírédes æt Cristes cirican

    with the witness of the brotherhood at Christchurch,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 36.
  • Gif hé stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes gongen hie ealle on þeówot

    if he steal with the knowledge of all his household let them all go into slavery,

      L. In. 7; Th. i. 106, 17.
  • Of Davides húse and híréde

    de domo et familia David,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 4.
  • Tó dæg is ðisum híréde hǽl gefremmed

    hodie solus domui huic facta est,

      Homl. Th. i. 582, 5.
  • Cwæþ ðæt hé mid ðam Hǽlende on hýréde wǽre

    said that he was in company with Jesus,

    ii.
      248, 31.
  • Hit ne biþ ná hús búton hit beo mid híréde áfylled

    it is no house unless it be filled with a household,

      582, 13.
  • Ic wille ðat alle míne men bén fré on hírde and on túne

    I desire that all my men be free both in my household and vill,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 269, 12.
  • Ðam híréde intó ealdan mynstre

    to the brotherhood at the old monastery,

      Chart. Th. 499, 14.
  • Lucinius bebeád ðæt nán cristen mon ne cóme on his hieréde

    Licinius omnes Christianos e palatio suo jussit expelli,

      Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 282, 28.
  • On sumes cyninges híréde

    in tanti patrisfamilias dispositissima domo,

      Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 18: 29, 2; Fox 104, 29: L. Edm. S. 4; Th. i. 248, 23: L. C. S. 60; Th. i. 408, 14: L. R. 3; Th. i. 190, 20.
  • Ðá oferhogodeherodes hine mid hys híréde

    sprevit autem ilium erodes cum exercitu suo,

      Lk. Skt. 23, ii: Cd. 222; Th. 290, 30; Sat. 423.
  • God geswang Farao and ealne his híréd

    flagellavit Dominus Pharaonem et domum ejus,

      Gen. 12, 17.
  • Ðone geset hys hláfurd ofer his híréd

    quem constituit dominus suus supra familiam suam,

      Mt. Kmbl. 24, 45: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 16; Gen. 2310.
  • Gif hé beó tó ðam gewelegod ðæt hé hýréd and éht áge if he be so enriched as to have a household and property, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 23 [cf. 13 híwisc landes]. Frióne hieréd a free monastery, L. Alf. pol. 2; Th. i. 62, 1, v. note. Se cyng heóld ðǽr his híréd v dagas

    the king held his court there five days,

      Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 18, 39.
Etymology
[O. E. Hom. hired: Orm. hird, hirrd: Laym. hiredes, gen; hirde, dat: A. R. hird: O. H. Ger. hí-rát connubium: Ger. heirath.]
Derived forms
DER. in-híréd.
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v. híwan.
Linked entries
v.  hý-réd.
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