herde

herde

1. inflection of herdar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From the oblique forms of Old English heord, hierd, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō.

• heerd, heerde, herd, hird, hirde
• heorde, hierde (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/

herde (plural herdes)

2. herd (group of domesticated animals)
3. flock, swarm (group of wild animals)
4. (rare) followers of a religious leader

• English: herd
• Middle Scots: heird, hird
  • Scots: herd, hird

• “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.

• heerde, herd, hert, hird, hirde, hurd
• hierde (East Saxon, Kent); heorde, heurde, hurde, huyrde (Southern, Southwest Midland); hyrd, hyrde (Yorkshire)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/, /ˈhiːrd(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhyːrd(ə)/ (Southern, West Midland)

herde (plural herdes or (early) herden)

2. herdsman, herder
3. (figuratively) ruler, director, guide
4. (figuratively) spiritual leader

• English: herd
• Middle Scots: hird
  • Scots: herd, hird

• “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English heorde, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā.

• harde, hearde, heorde, hurde, hyrde

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈheːrd(ə)/
• (Late Middle English) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrd(ə)/, /ˈhard(ə)/

herde (plural herdes or herden)

1. (usually in the plural) A short, coarse flax or hemp fibre; a piece of hurds.

• ⇒ English: hards, hurds (from the plural)
• ⇒ Scots: hards, harden, harn (from the plural)

• “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

herde

1. alternative form of erd

herde

1. alternative form of hird (“household”)

herde

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of heren
2. (dialectal) second-person singular past indicative of heren

From Old Norse herða.

herde (imperative herd, present tense herder, passive herdes, simple past and past participle herda or herdet, present participle herdende)

1. to harden; to toughen

• “herde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeːr.de/, [ˈheːrˠ.de]

hērde (Anglian)

1. inflection of hēran:
   1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive

• IPA^(key): /ˈxer.de/, [ˈherˠ.de]

herde m (Anglian)

1. alternative form of hierde

Strong ja-stem:

From Frankish *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”).

herde oblique singular, f (oblique plural herdes, nominative singular herde, nominative plural herdes)

1. herd (grouping of animals)

• Middle French: harde
  • French: harde

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛʁd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -ɛɾdɨ
• Hyphenation: her‧de

herde

1. inflection of herdar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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.

herde c

1. a herder, a shepherd

   den gode herden ― the good shepherd

2. (dialectal, dated) a boy, a lad, young man

   Synonyms: pojke, kille, (south Swedish) here

• fåraherde (“shepherd”)
• herdeidyll (“a shepherd-idyll”)
• herdestav (“a herder's staff”)
• herdestund (“a tender moment; a dalliance”)

• hjord (“herd”)

• “herde”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• herde in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• Herde. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.

• heder