hyrdemann

Old English

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Alternative forms

• hyrdeman

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre͜oːˌmɑnn/, [ˈfre͜oːˌmɑn]

Noun

hyrdemann m

1. herdsman, shepherd

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hyrdemann	hyrdemenn
accusative	hyrdemann	hyrdemenn
genitive	hyrdemannes	hyrdemanna
dative	hyrdemenn	hyrdemannum

Descendants

• Middle English: herdeman, erde man, heerdeman, heerd mann, herde-man, herde man, herde-mon, herdman, hirdeman, hirde-man, hirdemann, hirdman, hird-man, hurd-man
  • English: herdman (obsolete)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hirde-man”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.