herde
Galician edit
Verb edit
herde
- inflection of herdar:
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the oblique forms of Old English heord, hierd, from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
herde (plural herdes)
- herd (group of domesticated animals)
- flock, swarm (group of wild animals)
- (rare) followers of a religious leader
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
herde (plural herdes or (early) herden)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
From Old English heorde, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
herde (plural herdes or herden)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hẹ̄rd(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
herde
- Alternative form of hird (“household”)
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
herde
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
herde (imperative herd, present tense herder, passive herdes, simple past and past participle herda or herdet, present participle herdende)
- to harden
Related terms edit
References edit
- “herde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Frankish *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō, from Proto-Indo-European *kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”).
Noun edit
herde oblique singular, f (oblique plural herdes, nominative singular herde, nominative plural herdes)
- herd (grouping of animals)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
herde
- inflection of herdar:
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish hirþi, hirþe, herþe, herdhe, from Old Norse hirðir, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. The ’boy’ sense developed because shepherds were typically young men.
Noun edit
herde c
Declension edit
Declension of herde | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | herde | herden | herdar | herdarna |
Genitive | herdes | herdens | herdars | herdarnas |
Derived terms edit
- fåraherde (“shepherd”)
- herdeidyll (“a shepherd-idyll”)
- herdestav (“a herder's staff”)
- herdestund (“a tender moment; a dalliance”)
Related terms edit
- hjord (“herd”)
References edit
- herde in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Herde. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.