hjörð

See also: hjord, hjørð, and hjǫrð

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Compare Norwegian and Danish hjord, English herd, German Herde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çœrð/

  Rhymes: -œrð

Noun

hjörð f (genitive singular hjarðar, nominative plural hjarðir)

1. herd, flock

Declension

Declension of hjörð (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjörð	hjörðin	hjarðir	hjarðirnar
accusative	hjörð	hjörðina	hjarðir	hjarðirnar
dative	hjörð	hjörðinni	hjörðum	hjörðunum
genitive	hjarðar	hjarðarinnar	hjarða	hjarðanna