𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herdō. Cognate to English herd, German Herde and Old Norse hjǫrð, and Sanskrit शर्ध (śardha, “host, troop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛr.da/

Noun

𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 • (hairda) f

2. herd (group of animals)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 8.31:

     𐌹𐌸 𐌸𐍉 𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌻𐌰 𐌱𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃: 𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌹𐍃 𐌿𐌽𐍃, 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹 𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐍉 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌴.

     iþ þō skōhsla bēdun ina qiþandans: jabai uswairpis uns, uslaubei uns galeiþan in þō hairda sweinē.

     So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 2.8:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 𐍅𐌴𐍃𐌿𐌽 𐌹𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌽 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰, 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍅𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍅𐍉𐌼 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍉 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌹.

     jah hairdjōs wēsun in þamma samin landa, þairhwakandans jah witandans wahtwōm nahts ufarō hairdai seinai.

     And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 5.11:

     𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍂 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌴 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐍄 𐌸𐌰𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰.

     wasuh þan jainar hairda sweinē haldana at þamma fairgunja.

     Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. (KJV).

Declension

Feminine ō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 hairda	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐍉𐍃 hairdōs
Vocative	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 hairda	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐍉𐍃 hairdōs
Accusative	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 hairda	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐍉𐍃 hairdōs
Genitive	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐍉𐍃 hairdōs	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐍉 hairdō
Dative	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌹 hairdai	𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐍉𐌼 hairdōm

Hyponyms

• 𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌸𐌹 (awēþi, “flock of sheep”)
• 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (wriþus, “herd of swine”)

Related terms

• 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hairdeis, “shepherd”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 53