- of sheep.
Shepherd derives from Old
English sceaphierde (sceap "sheep" +
hierde "herder").
Shepherding is one of the world's
oldest occupations; it exists...
- of sheep.
Shepherd derives from Old
English sceaphierde (sceap "sheep" +
hierde "herder").
Shepherding is one of the world's
oldest occupations; it exists...
- the
unrelated Hayward. In some rare
cases it is from the Old
English eowu
hierde "ewe herd". In Anglo-Norman the
French digram -ou- was
often rendered as...
- surname, for
somebody who
works with horses, from Old
English colt and
hierde (herdsman). Its
variations include Coulthart, Colthart, Coltart, Coltherd...
-
sometimes also with
unrelated Hayward. In some rare
cases from Old
English eowu
hierde "ewe herd." In Anglo-Norman the
French digramm -ou- was
often rendered as...
- OE eorþe > earth; OE liornian,
leornian > to
learn OE +CC OE hērde (WS
hīerde) >
heard (leng.) /ɛː/ ea,eCV /eː/ /iː/ OE
specan > to speak; OE mete > meat;...
- OE eorþe > earth; OE liornian,
leornian > to
learn OE +CC OE hērde (WS
hīerde) >
heard (leng.) /ɛː/ ea,eCV /eː/ /iː/ OE
specan > to speak; OE mete > meat;...
- 1sg.
hausida heyrða hōrta hōrda
hīerde hērde Past 3sg.
hausida heyrði Past 2sg. hausidēs heyrðir hōrtōs(t) hōrdōs
hiērdes(t) hērdest Past 1du. hausidēdu...
- gecierdon, & wiþ
Ecgbryht West
Seaxna cyning winnende wæron. Þa he þæt
hierde & mid
fierde ferde & him wiþ
feaht æt
Hengestdune & þær
gefliemde ge þa...
-
derived from it, e.g. io.) This is also why the Proto-West-Germanic form of
hierde "shepherd"
appears already as *hirdijaz with /i/ in the root even though...
