Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
herd .
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Examples
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_Heerd_, from A. - S. _hierde_, perhaps also _Hardewick_ or _Harderwyk_ from the same.
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To yenes þa {n} euen {;} godalmichti {235} i {} hierde werkmen in {} to his winyarde. þo þat he alast of þis wordle naam fles and blod ine þe Maidene sei {n} te Marie. and seauede ine þis world. þo fond he Men. þet al day hedden i {} be idel.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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