hyrd
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]hyrd
- Alternative form of herde (“herder”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]hyrd
- Alternative form of hird (“household”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse hirð, borrowed from Old English hīred, from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hyrd f (definite singular hyrda, indefinite plural hyrder, definite plural hyrdene)
- (historical) bodyguard for chieftain or king
- By extension, the formal royal court household.
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[edit]Swedish
[edit]Participle
[edit]hyrd
- past participle of hyra
Adjective
[edit]hyrd
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of hyrd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | hyrd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | hyrt | — | — |
| Plural | hyrda | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | hyrde | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | hyrde | — | — |
| All | hyrda | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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- Middle English lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms borrowed from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with historical senses
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish past participles
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives