"hird" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

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

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

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

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for hird meaning in Middle English (6.1kB)

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