"hird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hirds [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian hird, from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, hēored (“family, household”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe + rede. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|no|hird}} Norwegian hird, {{der|en|non|hirð}} Old Norse hirð, {{der|en|ang|hīred}} Old English hīred, {{m|ang|hēored|t=family, household}} hēored (“family, household”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*hīwarād||relationship; family}} Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”), {{af|en|hewe|rede}} hewe + rede, {{cog|de|Heirat||wedding}} German Heirat (“wedding”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hird (plural hirds)
  1. (historical) In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-hird-en-noun-pkLJPCvs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. By extension, the formal royal court household.
    Sense id: en-hird-en-noun-UQXZ6FL5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hirdman

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /hiːrd/, /heːrd/, /ˈhiːrɛd/ (note: chiefly early)
Etymology: table From Old English hīred, hēored (“family, household”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād, equivalent to hewe (“servant”) + red (“counsel”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|household}} table, {{inh|enm|ang|hīred}} Old English hīred, {{m|ang|hēored|t=family, household}} hēored (“family, household”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hīwarād}} Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād, {{af|enm|hewe|red|id1=servant|id2=counsel|t1=servant|t2=counsel}} hewe (“servant”) + red (“counsel”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} hird, {{enm-noun|-}} hird (uncountable)
  1. A household; a court. Tags: poetic, uncountable Categories (topical): Household
    Sense id: en-hird-enm-noun-Gkxk--Cr Disambiguation of Household: 65 7 9 8 4 6
  2. A company or band of people:
    One's attendants; a retinue.
    Tags: poetic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hird-enm-noun-KgqinI2s Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 12 22 5 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 26 18 20 4 30
  3. A company or band of people:
    An army; a troop.
    Tags: poetic, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives, Military
    Sense id: en-hird-enm-noun-P1hL8d~~ Disambiguation of Collectives: 17 18 25 19 9 12 Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 100 0 0 0 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 12 22 5 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 26 18 20 4 30
  4. (rare) One's offspring or progeny. Tags: poetic, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Family, Nobility
    Sense id: en-hird-enm-noun-wAfef6Eq Disambiguation of Family: 0 16 17 61 3 3 Disambiguation of Nobility: 8 20 21 28 5 17 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 12 22 5 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 26 18 20 4 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: herd, herde, hert, hired, hyrd, hyrt, hireden, hirt Synonyms (early): hirð Related terms: hirdman
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} hird
  1. Alternative form of herde (“herd”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: herde (extra: herd)
    Sense id: en-hird-enm-noun-9SLXPkG8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} hird
  1. Alternative form of herde (“herder”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: herde (extra: herder)
    Sense id: en-hird-enm-noun-iTQ-7nxX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 12 22 5 28 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 26 18 20 4 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Etymology: From Danish hird, from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|da|hird}} Danish hird, {{der|nb|non|hirð}} Old Norse hirð, {{der|nb|ang|hīred}} Old English hīred, {{der|nb|gmw-pro|*hīwarād}} Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād Head templates: {{nb-noun}} hird (definite singular, indefinite plural, definite plural)
  1. An informal retinue of personal armed companions. Tags: definite, indefinite, plural, singular
    Sense id: en-hird-nb-noun-agOmJGRh
  2. By extension, the formal royal court household. Tags: definite, indefinite, plural, singular
    Sense id: en-hird-nb-noun-UQXZ6FL5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hirdmann

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /hird/, /hɪːr/ Forms: hirda [definite, singular]
Rhymes: -ird Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse hirð in the 19th century. The Old Norse word itself is borrowed from Old English hīred, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād. Etymology templates: {{lbor|nn|non|hirð}} Learned borrowing from Old Norse hirð, {{der|nn|ang|hīred}} Old English hīred, {{der|nn|gmw-pro|*hīwarād}} Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād Head templates: {{head|nn|noun|definite singular|hirda|g=f}} hird f (definite singular hirda)
  1. (historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-hird-nn-noun-R8M9ooKW
  2. By extension, the formal royal court household. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-hird-nn-noun-UQXZ6FL5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hyrd Related terms: hirdmann

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”), from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”). Related to German Heirat (“wedding”) and English hired. See also Icelandic hirð. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|hirþ||bodyguard}} Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”), {{inh|sv|non|hirð}} Old Norse hirð, {{der|sv|ang|hīred}} Old English hīred, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*hīwarād||relationship; family}} Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”), {{cog|de|Heirat||wedding}} German Heirat (“wedding”), {{cog|en|hired}} English hired, {{cog|is|hirð}} Icelandic hirð Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} hird c, {{sv-noun|c}} hird c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hird [indefinite, nominative, singular], hirden [definite, nominative, singular], hirder [indefinite, nominative, plural], hirderna [definite, nominative, plural], hirds [genitive, indefinite, singular], hirdens [definite, genitive, singular], hirders [genitive, indefinite, plural], hirdernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king Tags: common-gender, historical Derived forms: hirdman
    Sense id: en-hird-sv-noun-R8M9ooKW Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Old Norse hirð in the 19th century. The Old Norse word itself is borrowed from Old English hīred, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hirda",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "definite singular",
        "4": "hirda",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "hird f (definite singular hirda)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hirdmann"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bodyguard for chieftain or king"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bodyguard",
          "bodyguard"
        ],
        [
          "chieftain",
          "chieftain"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "By extension, the formal royal court household."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hird/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪːr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ird"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hyrd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hird"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hirdman"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "hirþ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bodyguard"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "hirð"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse hirð",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "hīred"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hīred",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*hīwarād",
        "4": "",
        "5": "relationship; family"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Heirat",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wedding"
      },
      "expansion": "German Heirat (“wedding”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hired"
      },
      "expansion": "English hired",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "hirð"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic hirð",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish hirþ (“bodyguard”), from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”). Related to German Heirat (“wedding”) and English hired. See also Icelandic hirð.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hird",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirderna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirds",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirdens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirders",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hirdernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hird c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "hird c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old English",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bodyguard for chieftain or king"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bodyguard",
          "bodyguard"
        ],
        [
          "chieftain",
          "chieftain"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hird"
}

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