herdman

See also: Herdman

English

Etymology

From Middle English herdeman, from Old English hyrdeman; equivalent to herd +‎ man.

Noun

herdman (plural herdmen)

1. (obsolete) Someone who herds animals; a herdsman. [11th–17th c.]
   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Luke viij:[33–34], folio lxxxviij, recto:

     And the heerd toke their courſe / and ran heedlynge into the lake / and wer choked. when the herdmẽ ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed / and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.

Anagrams

• Rendham, hardmen

Middle English

Noun

herdman

1. alternative form of hirdman