herde
Galician
Verb
herde
- inflection of herdar:
Middle English
Etymology 1
From the oblique forms of Old English heord, hierd, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
herde (plural herdes)
- herd (group of domesticated animals)
- flock, swarm (group of wild animals)
- (rare) followers of a religious leader
Descendants
References
- “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
herde (plural herdes or (early) herden)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
From Old English heorde, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/
- (Late Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈhɛrd(ə)/, /ˈhard(ə)/
Noun
herde (plural herdes or herden)
Descendants
References
- “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4
Noun
herde
- Alternative form of hird (“household”)
Etymology 5
Verb
herde
- first/third-person singular past indicative of heren
- (dialectal) second-person singular past indicative of heren
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
herde (imperative herd, present tense herder, passive herdes, simple past and past participle herda or herdet, present participle herdende)
Related terms
References
- “herde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”).
Noun
herde oblique singular, f (oblique plural herdes, nominative singular herde, nominative plural herdes)
- herd (grouping of animals)
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
herde
- inflection of herdar:
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hirþi, hirþe, herþe, herdhe, from Old Norse hirðir, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. The ’boy’ sense developed because shepherds were typically young men.
Noun
herde c
Declension
Derived terms
- fåraherde (“shepherd”)
- herdeidyll (“a shepherd-idyll”)
- herdestav (“a herder's staff”)
- herdestund (“a tender moment; a dalliance”)
Related terms
- hjord (“herd”)
References
- herde in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Herde. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.
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