"hird" meaning in English

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Noun

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}} Borrowed from Norwegian hird, {{der|en|non|hirð}} Old Norse hirð, {{der|en|ang|hīred}} Old English hīred, {{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, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 26 2 2 21 4 14 5 3 17 2 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 1 1 25 3 18 3 2 19 1 2 1
  2. (by extension) The formal royal court household. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hird-en-noun-929z1JIP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hirdman

Inflected forms

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