heorde

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

heorde

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of herde (“herd”)

Etymology 2

Noun

heorde

1. alternative form of herde (“herder”)

Etymology 3

Noun

heorde

1. alternative form of herde (“piece of hards”)

Old English

Etymology 1

Noun

heorde f

1. hards of flax
2. oakum
3. tow (bundle of fiber)

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heorde	heordan
accusative	heordan	heordan
genitive	heordan	heordena
dative	heordan	heordum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heordan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 2

Noun

heorde

1. inflection of heord:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural