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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
in-híréd.
Similar entries
v. híwan.
Linked entries
v.  hý-réd.
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