gathierde

Old English

Alternative forms

• gāthyrde, gāthiorde

Etymology

gāt +‎ hierde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːtˌxi͜yr.de/, [ˈɡɑːtˌhi͜yrˠ.de]

Noun

gāthierde m

1. goatherd

Declension

Declension of gathierde (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gāthierde	gāthierdas
accusative	gāthierde	gāthierdas
genitive	gāthierdes	gāthierda
dative	gāthierde	gāthierdum

Descendants

• Middle English: goteherd (through the Anglian variant)
  • English: goatherd

References

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