heord
Old English
Alternative forms
- heorde, heordan pl
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Compare Old Saxon herda, Old High German herta, Old Norse hjǫrð, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (hairda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheo̯rd/, [ˈheo̯rˠd]
Noun
heord f
- a herd
Descendants
- Middle English: herde, harde; heorden, herden, hurden, hirden, herdes, hardes pl
- English: hards, hurds
- Scots: herdis, hardis, hards